British Georgian Royal Navy midshipman’s dirk, Napoleonic / Trafalgar period, circa 1795–1805, with turned bone grip, foliate brass guard, flattened diamond blade and original brass scabbard, in good untouched condition.
*Spanish / Italian, c.1720–1760, Shell-Guard Main-Gauche Left Hand Parrying Dagger, Pecten Guard, S-Shaped Quillons, 18th Century* A robust 18th century
A scarce and highly atmospheric British Royal Navy figure-of-eight guard cutlass of the 1790s, a classic pre-1804 pattern example from the Battle of the Nile era.
Late 18th-century, circa 1790, British Royal Navy figure-of-eight guard cutlass of the pre-1804 type, an original boarding weapon of the kind carried by sailors during the French Revolutionary and early Napoleonic Wars, including the Battle of the Nile period, surviving in untouched condition with correct iron hilt and fullered blade.
*German, WWII, Reichsfinanzverwaltung Zolldienst (Customs/Border Guard) Sleeve Badge, Serial No. 33023* An original WWII-period German Reichsfinanzverwaltung (Reich Finance Administration) Zolldienst