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Edge weapons
Four Folding Knives
1) Folding knife with horse head and rider motifs, horn handle scales, corkscrew and two blades of different sizes, unmarked, probably Germany around 1900, length (unfolded) 21 cm. 2) Pocket knife with corkscrew and two blades of different sizes, mother-of-pearl handle scales, probably Germany, 1st quarter of the 19th century, length 16.5 cm. 3) Coachman's Multi-Bladed knife with small blade, saw, large blade, hole punch, hoof pick and balance spring scale. Horn grip scales inlaid with silber decoration on one side. Marked "D.F.". Probably Germany, 19th centruy, length (closed) 10.5 cm. Condition 2+ 4) Hunting Folding Knife with rich accessories: corkscrew, tin opener, bottle opener, two differently sized blades. The handle with a gauge for shotgun cartridges is decorated with a relief of hunting dogs in brass, horn grip scales (one cracked), brass suspension loop. Probably Germany, 1st half of the 20th century, length (unfolded) 24 cm.
Starting price
€200
A Large Spanish Folding Knife (Navaja)
A tapering blade formed with a clipped-back point, floral engraved and inlaid with red pigment along three quarters of the length of both sides. The grip made of horn and brass with external backspring and ratchet (carraca). Spain, 19th century, length (open) 51 cm. Condition 2
Starting price
€450
A Foldable Chopping Knife
The single-edged blade stamped on one side with makers mark, the iron handle case with staghorn scales, on the dorsal side a flat spring securing the blade in the open position. 17th century, Central Europe. Total length of open knife 43.5 cm, closed 24 cm.Condition 2+
Starting price
€800
Knife of Prehistoric Hunter by Libor Tobolák
Cipped blade of obsidian, handle of rhinoceros bone. Moravia, Zlín, Libor Tobolák around 2000, length 28 cm. The certificate is enclosed. Condition 1
Starting price
€200
Hunting Knife with Bowie-like Blade, Kirschbaum, Solingen
Haevy single-edged blade bears the manufacturer's logo of a Knight's Helmet (Ritter-helm) on the blade ricasso, the logo of Wilhelm Reinhard Kirschbaum of Solingen and monogramm "IR" below the crown on the opoosite side. The short straight quillons terminating in large, fluted pear-shaped knobs cut in iron. Stag horn grip and oval pommel with strong fluting. Germany, 19th century, length 35,5 cm. Cleaned, pitted, new leather scabbard. Condition 2-
Starting price
€260
Hunting Knife
Steel, silver, purity of 800/1000. Straight blade with a dorsal point and simple decoration on the back of the blade, silver handle with relief decoration, floral decoration with 19 different forest animals intertwined in a spiral. Austria, Graz, 1st half of the 9th century, length 23 cm. Leather scabbard with embossed ornamentation. Condition 2
Starting price
€750
Luxury hunting dagger
Straight single edged blade with a central point and a short false edge near the tip, gilt in the upper third, engraved and openwork. Brass grip with traces of gilding, mother-of-pearl grip scales. Brass scabbard with engraved rocaille, floral, and hunting decoration. Western Europe, 19th century, length 37 cm. Condition 2+
Starting price
€650
Hunting Knife with Side Knife and Hunting Dagger
Heavy wedge-shaped single edged blade etched on one side, straight crossguard with acorn ends, stag horn handle. Leather scabbard with suspension, small side knife. Probably Austria, 19th century, length 35 cm. Condition 2 Together with a Hunting dagger, blade cleaned, pitted, smooth iron hilt, deer horn grip, wooden scabbard covered with leather, side knife. Austria, 19th century, length 52 cm. Condition 2-
Starting price
€450
Hunting Knives and hunting chopper
A Hunting Knife, Probably From the Set. Heavy blade with rounded back and straight edge, three knifemaker's marks on one side. Pitted. Handle of chamois horn, bone ring with engraved decoration. Probably Austria, 1st half of the 19th century, length 27 cm. 2 )Hunting Knife. Straight single-edged blade with a central point, handle made of horn with rivets, secured with an iron plate, Probably Germany, end of the 17th century, length 38 cm. Signs of corrosion. 3) A Hunting Cleaver. Single-edged blade of a wedge cross-section, central point, with a knife maker´s mark and a stop on one side. Handle made of chamois horn. Alpine countries around 1800, length 46,5 cm. Signs of deep corrosion. 4) Dagger, probably assembled from various parts, length 53 cm.
Starting price
€240
A Chopping Knife
A single edged straight blade of triangular shape with central point. Brass grip with the grip scales made from horn. Probably Germany, 1th century, length 42 cm. Condition 2
Starting price
€140
Chopping Knife
Heavy blade with a curved back stamped on the one side with makers mark.. Brass octagonal handle ends with a pommel shaped into a lion's head. Probably Germany or Austria, 18th century, length 33.5 cm. Condition 2
Starting price
€300
Hunting Dagger
Straight nickel-plated single edged blade, fullered on both sides. Brass crossguard and shell-shaped guard plate. Deer horn handle. Leather-covered wooden scabbard with brass fittings. Probably Germany, 20th century, length 40 cm. Condition 2
Starting price
€100
Hunting Dagger by Antonin Preis, Prague
The straight single-edged blade with a central point and fuller on both sides, marked "PREIS/PRAG" on the ricasso. Iron hilt (cast iron), staghorn grip. Upper scabbard fitting with leather strap preserved. Prague, second half of the 19th century, length 49 cm. Condition 2-
Starting price
€120
Two Hunting Hangers
1) Hunting hanger, straight, single-edged blade with central point, fullers on both sides, back grooves, back edge near the point, remains of etched decoration in the upper half, pitted. Flat stirrup hilt with downward-curved quillon, stag horn handle riveted six times. Riveted pommel. Austria, second half of the 17th century, length 68 cm. 2) Hunting dagger (pandur dagger). Slightly curved blade with wedge-shaped cross-section, back edge and pandur tip, etched on both sides with baroque interlacing, hunting dog chasing wild boar on the hand side, deer striding opposite, remnants of gilding. The guard plate with relief rocaille decoration, the crossguard and the handle made of brass. Stag horn grip scales. Austria, 18th century, length 63 cm. Condition 2
Starting price
€800
A Luxury Hunting Fang, Tula
A slightly curved blade with a fuller on both sides, a dorsal point and a back edge near the point. In the upper third there is an ornamental engraved decoration and two portraits in low relief, probably Catherine II the Great and Tsar Paul I. The obverse is marked in Cyrillic "Tula". The hilt is made of chiseled brass gilded in fire, a guard plate in the form of an eagle, quillons with a zoomorphic endings. The pommel is in the form of an eagle's head, a smooth handle made of horn. The scabbard is made of embossed leather, the scabbard fittings are made of embossed gilded brass, the original side knife. Russia, Tula, last third of the 18th century, length 58 cm. Condition 2+
Starting price
€2,200
A German Combined Hunting Sword and Flintlock Pistol
Single edged slightly curved blade (subtle rust staining) double-edged towards the point. The flintlock pistol with round barrel with a cannon muzzle in 9 mm caliber, the action with internal springs and folding trigger. Engraved shell guard with remnans of gilding. Engraved (rubbed) iron hilt with horn grip scales set with engaved iron rivets. In its black leather scabbard with iron mounts. Probably Germany, 18th century, length 71.5 cm. Condition 2
Starting price
€2,800
Scabbard for Hunting Dagger
Wooden scabbard covered with leather, brass fittings, length 50 cm. Together with a fragment of a scabbard for a Russian shashka.
Starting price
€80
Firefighter Officer's Sword
Solid single-edged blade with sawback, brass hilt, guard plate with firefighter helmet and crossed axes, crossguard with relief floral decoration, pommel in the shape of a firefighter helmet, bone handle. Black leather-covered wooden scabbard with raised decorative fittings. Probably Austria, second half of the 19th century, length 64 cm. Condition 2
Starting price
€600
Firefighter officer's Sword
Heavy nickel-plated (rubbed, pitted) single-edged blade with sawback, fullered on both sides, gold-plated brass hilt,, guard plate with firefighter helmet and crossed axes in a laurel wreath, crossguard with relief floral decoration, pommel in the shape of a firefighter helmet, wooden grip, blackened. Black leather-covered wooden scabbard (leather damaged) with two gilt brass fittings of a chape and locket, these are also richly decorated with fire department motifs, among other things. Probably Austria, second half of the 19th century, length 69.5 cm. Condition 2
Starting price
€600
M 38 dagger for officers of the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) by WKC, Solingen
Clean blade in perfect condition, etched on both sides, manufacturer's mark “WKC,” with gold-plated eagle pommel and crossguard with locking button, white celluloid handle with wire wrapping, silver sword knot. Gold-plated lightning-bolt scabbard. Includes suspension belt. German. First half of the 20th century, length 42 cm. Condition 1-
Starting price
€1,250
A Royal Navy Officers Dirk
A narrow blade with wedge-shaped cross-section and a false edge near the central point, made out of an older sword blade. The hilt is decorated with gilded brass fittings (gilding is worn-out), repaired S-shaped guard with engraved anchors on both ends. Rectangular, fluted pommel with beveled edges. Rectangular, fluted grip made of ivory with longitudinal brass strips. Probably England, end of the 18th century, length 44,5 cm. Scabbard missing.Condition 2-
Starting price
€200
A Stiletto
A slender blade with a square cross-section, a straight quillons with a baluster at both ends, a cylindrical handle with a short spiral extension in the upper half, and a conical pommel. Probably Italy, 19th century, length 28.5 cm. Condition 2
Starting price
€240
A Stiletto
Triangular blade with baluster-shaped ricasso. Horizontally cut quillons with vase-shaped tips. Ebony grip fluted lengthwise. Spherically cut pommel. Italy circa 1650, length 28 cm. Condition 2+
Starting price
€600
Russian Soviet Model 1927 Shashka with White Metal Pommel
Slightly curved single edged blade with fullers on both sides has manufacturer’s inspection marks and is stamped "ZIZ" (Zlatoust factory mark) and dated 1935. Pommel made from white metal with "CCCP", carved wood handle. Wooden scabbard is covered with black paint, brass scabbard mounts with loose suspension ring. Soviet Russia, 1935, length 98 cm. Bayonet missing. Condition 2
Starting price
€400
Russian Imperial Dragoon Shashka M 1881-1909
Slightly curved single edged blade with fullers on both sides has manufacturer’s inspection marks and is stamped with Zlatoust factory mark and dated 1917. Brass stirrup hilt, carved wood handle. Wooden scabbard is covered with black paint, brass scabbard mounts with loose suspension ring. Russia, 1917, length 98 cm. Condition 2
Starting price
€400
Saber for Austrian Officials, Model 1889
Single-edged blade, fullered on both sides, rusty, asymmetrical openwork floral decorated hilt with remnants of gilding, double eagle, complete handle cap, handle with fish skin (damaged) and brass wire winding. Without scabbard. Austria, around 1900, length 92 cm. Condition 2-
Starting price
€110
Infantry Saber (Briquet)
Infantry sabre based on the French AN XI model, slightly curved nickel-plated single-edged blade with double-sided fuller, central point (broken off), marked Weyersberg - Kirschbaum. Brass hilt, scabbard missing. Germany, second half of the 19th century, length 92 cm. Condition 2-
Starting price
€120
Miniature Children's Sabre
Slightly curved blade with fullers on both sides, embossed silver hilt, cross guard with arms curved towards the blade decorated with cut coral and green stones, pommel in the form of a lion's head. Dark wood handle scales. Scabbard covered with black velvet, silver fittings, embossed and with green stones and coral. Probably Hungary or Poland, 19th century, length 33 cm. Condition 2+
Starting price
€800
Gift Sabre in Silver Mounting in Leather Case
Narrow, slightly curved older blade from the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th century, fullered on both sides and with etched decoration in the upper part, silver hilt decorated with filigree and engraved. Cross guard, the shape of which is derived from Turkish sabres (shamshir). It is set with Bohemian garnets and silver cabochons (polished pyrite?) on the front. The wooden scabbard is covered with black velvet, the silver fittings are decorated identically to those of the hilt. Two loose suspension rings. In a leather case lined with black velvet and covered with silk on top, with silver spurs. Austro-Hungarian hallmarks 750/1000, probably Pest. Austria-Hungary, last quarter of the 19th century, length 100 cm. Condition 2+
Starting price
€5,000
Silver Mounted Luxury Karabela
Slightly curved blade of rhombic cross-section, false edged on the back, fullered on both sides. Short quillons in the shape of eagle heads, silver grip with engraved decoration, finished with a stylized bird's head. The wooden scabbard covered with black velvet has silver mountings with engraved decoration and decorations with imitation stones. The silver parts are struck with the Austro-Hungarian hallmark of 1872-1921 and stamped with the master's mark 'FSI' (Singer). Hungarian around 1880, length 91 cm. Condition 2+
Starting price
€4,000
Russian Naval Officers´ Sabre combined with Ddouble-bareled Percussion Pistol
Single-edged, curved damascene blade with oval back merges into pipe-back blade rib with centre point. Horn grip crosswise grooved. Coloured-metal hilt with rests of gilding. Cast pierced basket decorated with foliate ornaments, seashell, anchor and rope. Round smooth barrels, calibre 10 mm. Percussion lock, folding triggers on inside of grip. Leather scabbard, brass chape, iron ramrod. Russia, c. 1850, length 91 cm. Cf. Lewerken H. W.: Kombinations Waffen des 15.-19. Jahrhunderts, Berlin 1989, s. 223. It cannot be sold for less than €23,000 without the owner's consent. Condition 1-
Starting price
€12,000
A Saber for Cavalry Officers M 1845 with Older Blade
Single-edged, curved, broad blade with wide fuller on both sides and back point. On back probably inscribed "POTTENSTEIN", figure of Madonna and inscription "Maria Mater Dei Patrona Hungariae Sub Tuum Praesidium Confugio" on outer side. Double cross and remainder of inscription on inner side. Wooden grip covered with fish-skin and bound with twisted silver wire. Iron hilt. Rare asymmetrical basket pierced with floral decorations. Slot for sword-knot in upper part of basket. Steel plate scabbard with two lockets and movable rings. Austria, 18/19 century, length 102 cm. Condition 2
Starting price
€3,300
Cased Royal Naval Pipeback Presentation Sword 1827 Pattern presented to Vice-Admiral Edoardo Tholosano
A pipeback slightly curved blade with quill point. Etched and engraved with crowned fouled anchor, Royal coat of arms and foliage. Cutler's details of F. Barnes & Co., 109 Fenchurch St., London to the forte. The bronze-gilt hilt is stamped with the maker's mark of F Delacour & Backes, a knight's helm with a sword behind it, surrounded by the letters 'FBD'. Solid gilt half basket with crowned fouled anchor, folding side guard, lions head pommel, the backstrap with lion’s mane. White shark skin grip with twisted wire. The black leather scabbard with three gilt-brass mounts and two suspension rings. Fine Naval bullion sword knot. In its original case, on the top of the cover is a silver plaque with engraved text. Sword was presented to vice-admiral and senator Edoardo Tholosano in the year 1859. Edoardo Giuseppe Maria Tholosano, Barone di Valgrisanche (1808 Fossano – 1887 Torino). Length of the sword 86 cm. Condition 1-
Starting price
€2,600
A French Saber for Staff Officers of the First Empire (Sabre à la Marengo type)
Slightly-curved single edged blade with back point, fuller on each side and remnants of gilded etched decorations on the upper part. Pitted on both sides. Silver plated brass hilt with S-shaped quillons, animal head finials and lionhead pommel. Longets decorated with a Minerva's head. The upwardly curved end of the quillon is connected to the pommel cap by a large-link white brass chain. Scabbard covered with black leather, silver-plated brass fittings, long mouthpiece decorated with trophies in a cartouche. Two carrying rings. French, the begining of the 19th cntury, length 102 cm. Condition 2
Starting price
€3,300
Magnificent saber for a senior infantry officer, Bavaria
Slightly curved blade, grooved on both sides under the back, blued on both sides, gilded and etched with trophies, flowers, and the monarch's monogram “MJK” (King Maximilian Joseph I, 1806–1825). Richly decorated stirrup-shaped brass hilt gilded in fire, chiseled openwork floral decoration knuckle-bow smoothly transitions into a guard plate, wooden fluted handle covered with leather, brass back transitions into a richly decorated boat-shaped pommel. The wooden scabbard is covered with leather, and the scabbard fittings are decorated in the same manner as the hilt. Bavaria, 1st quarter of the 19th century, length 92 cm. Condition 2
Starting price
€4,000
A Fine Ottoman Shamshir with Silver-Gilt Mounts
A curved single edged Damascus blade with rod-shaped back, back point and back edge near the point. The gold-plated silver fittings on the handle and scabbard are beautifully engraved with floral and foliage motifs. Horn grip scales. The front side of the weapon is richly decorated with rosettes set mainly with red stones, jade and turquoises. Scabbard wood is covered with red velvet. Ottoman Empire, 18th/19th century, length 97 cm. Condition 2
Starting price
€10,000
A Sabre for Grenadiers of a Cuirassier Regiments
Broad blade with a wide fuller reaching almost to the point of the back, back edge approx. 18 cm long. Etched decoration at the base on both sides (sun, crescent moon, stars and trophies). Brass hilt, a "stirrup" style cross guard, quillons ending in an olive, side guard with shell guard and thumb ring, full grip cap, the grip wood covered with black leather, attached with a brass wire. Scabbard missing. Austria, 18th century, length 93 cm. Very rare. Cf. Jiří Protiva, Palaše habsburské monarchie. MAC s.r.o., 2009. Condition 2+
Starting price
€1,600
Hunting Sabre
Curved blade with a pandur point, fullered on both sides with remnants of decoration (floral decoration and trophies), the crossguard with spherical ends, staghorn handle. Probably Austrian, 18th century blade, length 99 cm. Pitted. Condition 2-
Starting price
€180
Sword for Private Railways Officialscivil of the First to Third Category Model 1891
Straight single edged blade, fullered on both sides, nickel-plated, stamped with the company logo “Carl Eickhorn Solingen” on the ricaso. Brass hilt with raised decoration, dome shaped guard leaf with winged wheel, spherical pommel. Without scabbard. Austria-Hungary, circa 1900, length 95 cm. Condition 2
Starting price
€110
Unusual sword for senior officials of the Imperial and Royal Austrian State Railways, Model 1897
Straight single edged blad, two-sided fuller, stamped “Solingen” (stained) on the ricaso. Brass hilt with horizontal crowned winged wheel on a guard leaf, gilded hilt, raised decoration, spherical pommel (rubbed). Without scabbard. Austria-Hungary, around 1900, length 91 cm. Condition 2-
Starting price
€160
Sword for Officials of the First to Third Category of the Imperial Railways M1891
Straight single-edged blade with central double-edged tip has fullers on both sides, nickel plating rubbed, slightly rusty. Gold-plated base, embossed brass hilt, winged wheel on the guard plate with imperial crown, black leather-covered steel scabbard, embossed gold-plated fittings, gold plating slightly rubbed, scabbard leather rubbed and damaged, but overall in good original condition. Austria-Hungary, circa 1900, length 100 cm. Condition 2
Starting price
€260
Sword for an Austro-Hungarian Mining Official
Straight double-edged nickel-plated (stained) blade with a diamond-shaped cross-section, etched on both sides at the base of the blade (floral decoration, crossed mining symbols of hammer and iron, oil lamp, and the inscription “GLÜCKAUF”). Manufacturer's mark WEYERSBERG & STAMM, SOLINGEN on the ricasso (1817-1872). Embossed brass hilt with remnants of gilding, downward-curving guard plate with crossed mining symbols, double-headed eagle, and Habsburg coat of arms on the breastplate. Spiral-fluted blackened wooden handle with brass wire winding. Scabbard without leather cover, brass fittings. Austria-Hungary, second half of the 19th century, length 86 cm. Condition 2.
Starting price
€500
Sword, Historicism in the Style of the 16th Century
Double-edged blade of lens-shaped cross-section, a central point and blacksmith´s marks on one side. Simple guard with olive-shaped ends bent towards the blade is decorated with floral engravings. Handle bound with a twisted wire, heart-shaped pommel with engraved decoration. Probably Germany, 19th century, length 102 cm.Condition 2
Starting price
€260
Huge sword in the shape of an "ox tongue"
Double-edged blade, 17 cm wide at the top, etched on both sides, with figural and floral decoration on one side and a knight kneeling before the crucified Christ and the inscription "SPES M(E)A DEUS" on the other. Between the letters M and A is the stamped mark of the swordsmith. Straight quillons ending in olives, two short arms separating from the guard and curving towards the blade. Wooden handle, octagonal pommel. Probably Austria or Italy, 19th century or older, length 137 cm. An almost identical sword is located at Žleby Castle.
Starting price
€6,500
Small Sword
Double-edged straight blade of rhombic cross-section with narrow fuller cut almost along the entire length of the blade on both sides, iron stirrup hilt, double-sided symmetrical kidney-shaped guard with simple linear decoration, wooden grip, spherical pommel. Austria or Germany, circa 1700, length 89,5 cm. Condition 2
Starting price
€550
Swept Hilt Rapier with Shell Guard
Straight, double-edged balde of diamond cross section having narrow central fullers. Marked on the both sides of the ricasso "SOMIS?". Iron hilt of diamond cross section fluted bars featuring S-shaped quillons, three concentric rings extending upward from its base and forming the outer guard, the largest ring with a bar joining at the middle of the knuckle bow. The opening inside the smallest ring is covered by a pierced shell-shaped plate attached with two screws. Fluted triangular quillon block on both sides. Vertically-ribbed grip bound with twisted iron wire between Turk’s heads. Spherical pommel fluted en suite. Probably Italy circa 1620, length 129 cm. Condition 2+
Starting price
€5,000
A Hunting Socket Bayonet
Straight, double-edged blade of hexagonal cross section, tang engraved and cut. A brass barrel socket engraved with geometric motifs. Italy, 18h century, length 35 cm. Condition 2+
Starting price
€400
Military Flail (Peasant Defense Weapon)
Woden swippel with twelve spikes on three rings. Connection with the wooden shaf by short chain. Probably Bohemia, 17th/18th centrury, total length circa 230 cm. Infested with wurms. Condition 2-
Starting price
€1,000
Firearms
Cased repeating pistol Remington - Rider
Caliber .32 Extra Short RF, octagonal three-inch barrel with stamped inscription "E REMINGTON & SONS. ILION NEYR/RIDERS1 PAT. AUG. 16TH 1871 R", tubular magazine under barrel, action and frame with factory engravings. All steel parts except hammer and loading lever nickel-plated. Smooth rosewood grip panels. Pistol in a walnut veneered case, oil flask. United States after 1871, total production 15 000 pieces. Condition 2+
Starting price
€2,000
Colt Thunderer Model 1877 DA Revolver with Holster and Belt
Serial no. 52889 [frame, triggerguard and butt], .41 caliber, 5-inch barrel with standard marking, fixed front sight and frame notch rear sight. Greyish patina. Three-line, three-date patent. Checkered factory hard rubber grip panels (rubbed). United states circa 1885, length 24,5 cm. Tohether with holster marked J. Backer, 1885, bolt with cartridges. Condition 2-
Starting price