Angelo’s Infantry Sword Exercise; Established by the Prince Regent’s Command. Showing Infantry Sword Exercise 1816

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Victorian Machete
A large bowie-style machete from around 1866. A large blade 6cm at its widest, overall length 47cm. The wooden grip is accented with brass plaques, one marked D. Robertson 1/12/ - 1866. D. Robertson was a Scottish missionary to Africa
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A classic example of a rapier, probably from Northern Europe circa 1600. The blade is 113.5 cm long to the guard, 126cm overall and weighs 1179g
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Early 1827 British Naval officers sword. Replacing the earlier 1822 Pattern with a solid brass guard and fouled anchor. A similar sword can be seen in the well known portrait of Captain William Peel VC with one at relief of Lucknow in 1858.
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Large North African Flyssa. national sword of the Kaybles, a group of Berber tribes from Algeria. The steel and brass hilt is decorated with a characteristic stylized animal head. 99cm long with an 11cm handle
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Warwickshire Rifle Volunteers Presentation Sword 1876. For William Griffiths of the Warwickshire Rifle Volunteer Corps. With ornate scrolled foliage, sun burst design and VR cypher. An extremely distinctive pattern of sword unique to the regiment
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A good example of a 1796 British Light Cavalry Trooper's Sabre, used during the Peninsular and Napoleonic wars. Woolley & Sargant produced these sabres specifically for the 100 Days War in March and April 1815.
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Domenico Angelo, The School of Fencing, 1765. This is the 2nd edition of the 1763 work with text in both English and French. It contains the Bookplate for Lt John Cecil Cortlandt Angelo (1869-1957) , 8 generation descendant of Angelo. Dedicated to the Duke of Gloucester
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"Memoir Of Swords" Marey Translated by Lieut. Col. Henry Hamilton Maxwell 1860. Owned by: Right Honble Sidney Herbert MP. Secretary at War during Crimea and close friend of Florence Nightingale
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Italian Gunner's Stiletto (Fusetto di Bombardiere), mid-17th Century: Features a triangular blade with a deep fuller with perforations, baluster-shaped forte, steel hilt, spirally-moulded quillons and pommel, and a carved horn grip with brass nails. Blade length: 23.2 cm.
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