28th Jun, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
Lot 237
 

237

A First World War French Fighting Knife, the 16.5cm double edge leaf shape steel blade stamped with maker's mark of the head of a Mohican type Indian his pony tail formed from letters at the ricasso, with flat angular cut-out steel crossguard stamped B, shaped wood grip with securing screw to the top, the steel scabbard with long fixed belt bar, 29cm

Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £200


 

Wear to the maker's mark on the blade, small dents to the scabbard, otherwise in good condition.

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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 28th Jun, 2023

An interesting and varied sale including a Collection of Prussian and German Pickelhauben, and various pieces of Second World War British military headgear, cap badges, air weapons, antique firearms, and pistols. Highlights of the sale include a Rare First World War Tank Driver's Leather Helmet, a Mid-17th Century German Wheel-lock Sporting Gun, and a 19th Century Asmat "Ndambirkus" Ancestor Skull, New Guinea. 

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