23rd Mar, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
3154
A 19th Century German 'Nicker Kampfmesser' Knife, the 10cm single edge blade marked with maker's standing knight logo below A.W.Jr., Solingen, the bone grip with ribbed German silver ferrule and oval pommel cap engraved R.F.LYON, the leather scabbard with German silver mounts; a German Bowie Type Knife, the 15cm single edge tapering steel blade marked FRIEDR. HERDER ABR. SOHN, SOLINGEN, GERMANY, the wood grip with polished brass recurving crossguard and oval pommel cap, with leather scabbard, 28cm (2)
Estimated at £200 - £300
1 - Slight nicks to edge of blade, pommel cap with pinhead size dents, some scuffing to leather scabbard.
2 - Black patching and rust pitting to blade, tip has been slightly rounded, wood grip has been overcleaned, pommel cap with a small dent to one side.
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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 23rd Mar, 2022
Militaria and Ethnographica Sales encompass items across diverse areas of collecting, from European and Eastern armour to 18th and 19th century firearms, military uniforms and documents, edged weapons, World War I and World War II ephemera, masonic regalia and medals.
Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.
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