Auction Location: London, UK
The Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria department run by Thomas Del Mar is now a recognised world leader in this field.
The sales offer a broad selection of objects from all over the world, from the earliest times until the Great War. Firearms from the earliest matchlock, wheel-lock, flintlock, percussion and pin-fire guns, rifles, pistols and revolvers; edged weapons from the bronze age, Viking, Medieval and Renaissance periods through to the swords of the regular armies of the 18th and 19th centuries; armour from the earliest times through the medieval and renaissance periods to the First World War; African, Australasian, Chinese, Islamic and Japanese weapons and armour; accessories including gunpowder flasks, gun locks, mechanical locks, iron work and books.
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Lot 97
A SPANISH LEFT-HAND DAGGER, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Lot 99
A MEDIEVAL DAGGER IN EXCAVATED CONDITION, LATE 15TH/EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Lot 100
A LEFT-HAND DAGGER IN EXCAVATED CONDITION, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GERMAN OR ITALIAN
Lot 102
A RARE GERMAN PRESENTOIR (VORLEGEMESSER), LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Lot 103
AN EXTREMELY RARE WESTERN EUROPEAN POLLAXE (TAILLANT), MID-LATE 15TH CENTURY
Lot 104
A RARE BELGIAN GOOSENS PATENT COMBINED CAVALRY SABRE AND 100 BORE PIN-FIRE SIX-SHOT REVOLVER
Lot 107
A RARE POLISH HEAVY CAVALRY SABRE, DATED 1811
Lot 108
A RUSSIAN HEAVY CAVALRY SABRE, DATED 1807
Lot 109
A CONTINENTAL HUSSAR’S OFFICER’S SABRE, CIRCA 1820, POSSIBLY RUSSIAN
Lot 110
THE 1796 PATTERN LIGHT CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD OF WILLIAM ELLIOTT OF BORTWICKBRAE
Lot 112
A FINE CASED SILVER-MOUNTED SWORD PRESENTED TO MAJOR G.A. SPOTTISWOODE
Lot 113
A FINE CASED PRESENTATION SABRE TO THE HONORABLE LIEU.T. COL.L. WILLIAM MONSON DATED 1802
Lot 114
A FINELY CONSTRUCTED HALF ARMOUR IN THE NORTH GERMAN STYLE OF CIRCA 1530, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Lot 115
A RARE NORTH GERMAN ETCHED BURGONET, BRUNSWICK, CIRCA 1540
Lot 117
A RARE NORTH EUROPEAN CUIRASSIER’S CLOSE HELMET, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Lot 119
A NORTH EUROPEAN CUIRASSIER HELMET, PROBABLY GERMAN EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Lot 120
A GERMAN OR EAST EUROPEAN ZISCHAGGE, MID-LATE 17TH CENTURY
Lot 121
A RARE SOUTH GERMAN BREASTPLATE FLUTED IN THE MAXIMILIAN FASHION, ABOUT 1520
Lot 122
‡ A RARE GERMAN BACKPLATE FROM A KNECHTSRÜSTUNG, NUREMBERG, DECORATED BY AUGUSTIN HIRSCHVOGEL
Lot 124
A RARE PAIR OF GERMAN GREAVES AND SABATONS OF LARGE SIZE, CIRCA 1530
Lot 125
A BURGONET IN MID-16TH CENTURY SOUTH GERMAN STYLE
Lot 126
A ZISCHAGGE, GORGET AND BREASTPLATE IN POLISH 17TH/18TH CENTURY STYLE
Lot 127
A CLOSE HELMET OF SO-CALLED ‘SAVOYARD’ TYPE IN FRENCH OR ITALIAN EARLY 17TH CENTURY STYLE
Lot 132
A FINE CONTINENTAL DOOR LOCK, MID-18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FRENCH OR ITALIAN
Lot 133
A CONTINENTAL DOOR LOCK, MID-18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY FRENCH
Lot 134
A FINE AND EXTREMELY RARE ENGLISH BULLETBOW, EARLY 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY LONDON
Lot 135
AN EXTREMELY RARE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD BONNET, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Lot 136
A VERY RARE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD ‘SANS-CULOTTE'S’ BONNET, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Lot 147
A FINE AND RARE RUSSIAN ARTILLERY OFFICER'S KIVER, DATED 1878
Lot 148
A FINE VICTORIAN OFFICER'S CHAPKA OF THE 17TH LANCERS, CATER & CO, 6 PALL MALL, LONDON
Lot 149
A VICTORIAN OFFICER'S CHAPKA OF THE 5TH ROYAL IRISH LANCERS
Lot 151
A FINE OFFICER'S 1834 PATTERN HELMET OF THE INNISKILLING DRAGOONS
Lot 153
A VICTORIAN OFFICER'S SHAKO OF THE 14TH LIGHT DRAGOONS, CIRCA 1840
Lot 155
A FINE OFFICER'S BELL-TOP SHAKO OF THE 22ND (CHESHIRE) REGIMENT
Lot 156
AN UNUSUAL GEORGIAN OFFICER'S HELMET OF THE TAPLOW YEOMANRY, CIRCA 1850
Lot 157
A VICTORIAN OFFICER'S HELMET OF THE WORCESTERSHIRE YEOMANRY
Lot 158
A FRENCH-PATTERN OFFICER'S SHAKO OF THE 41ST (WELCH) REGIMENT, 1855-61
Lot 159
A VICTORIAN OFFICER'S BLUE CLOTH SHAKO OF THE 25TH FOOT (KING'S OWN BORDERERS)
Lot 160
AN OFFICER'S ALBERT SHAKO OF THE 6TH (ROYAL 1ST WARWICKSHIRE) REGIMENT
Lot 161
A FRENCH-PATTERN OFFICER'S SHAKO OF THE 96TH REGIMENT, 1855-61
Lot 162
A FRENCH-PATTERN OFFICER'S SHAKO OF THE ROYAL JERSEY MILITIA, 1855-61
Lot 163
A VICTORIAN OFFICER'S SHAKO OF THE 96TH REGIMENT (HERTFORD MILITIA)
Lot 165
A VERY FINE OFFICER'S HELMET OF THE WESTMINSTER DRAGOONS
Lot 167
A VERY FINE OFFICER'S HELMET OF THE 1ST KING'S DRAGOON GUARDS
Lot 170
AN OFFICER'S HELMET OF THE ROYAL MIDLOTHIAN YEOMANRY CAVALRY
Lot 172
A TROOPER’S 1871 PATTERN HELMET OF THE FIFE LIGHT HORSE
Lot 178
◉ AN OFFICER’S BUSBY OF THE 3RD KING’S OWN HUSSARS, CIRCA 1910
Lot 181
A VICTORIAN OFFICER'S BUSBY OF THE ROYAL EAST KENT MOUNTED RIFLES
Lot 183
A VICTORIAN OFFICER'S HELMET OF THE KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS
Lot 186
A VICTORIAN OFFICER'S HELMET OF THE CIVIL SERVICE RIFLE VOLUNTEER CORPS
Lot 188
A VERY FINE PAIR OF VICTORIAN SENIOR OFFICER'S EPAULETTES BY JOHNSTONES, 6 REGENT ST., LONDON
Lot 193
A PAIR OF EPAULETTES OF THE STAFFORDSHIRE YEOMANRY, CIRCA 1830-40