Scarce Swedish M-1867 Bayonet for the 12.17mm Remington Rifle, brass pommel and cross guard with muzzle ring. Stamped to the cross guard ‘13593’ and acceptance stamp to the reverse. Two piece wooden grips. Housed in the leather and brass mounted scabbard with leather bayonet frog. Blade with crowned anchor stamp an ‘F.T.’. Fuller to the back edge of the blade which measures 49 ¾ cms, overall 65cms. Shrinkage to the leather scabbard, lso used in modified form on the Mauser M1984/14 rifle.x Peter White collection

5x Military Socket Bayonets of European Nations, including a Swedish M-1864, very similar to the earlier M-1840 and M-1851 bayonets; Swedish M-1867/89 for the 8mm Remington Rifle; Swiss M-1871 Vetterli rifle socket bayonet, plus two others. x Peter White collection

Rare WW1 9th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers Fighting Knife (Welsh Knife), untouched example of the extremely rare WW1 fighting knife, referred to as the Welsh Knife, with steel pommel, grip with the original roped binding and the correct folding circular guard. Unmarked hand forged swollen blade with a medial ridge. The blade does suffer from some surface staining. The knife is housed in its very rare leather scabbard as opposed to the more commonly found cloth covered scabbard. The leather belt loop on the scabbard is well worn and incomplete. The knifes blade measures 44 ½ cms, overall 60cms. he Welsh knife was believed to be stylised on a medieval Welsh weapon. The knife was designed in 1916 by Felix Joubert and patented by him. at the behest of Lord Howard de Walden. De Walden shared Joubert’s interest in medieval weapons and had the knives issued to the 9th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, with whom he was serving as a Major. The Imperial War Museum London has in its archives a memorandum, dated 27 January 1920, which relates information on the knife supplied by Colonel H Lloyd Williams, late Commander of the 9th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers (Lord Howard de Walden commanded the Battalion between September and December 1917; Lloyd Williams took command in October 1918). The memorandum states – “9th Batt’n. Royal Welsh Fusiliers. This battalion made use of a knife with which all machine gunners and bombers were always equipped. Every member of a raiding party was so armed and in one raid on the Messines Ridge two days before the battle of Messines they were used with conspicuous success. They were provided by Lord Howard de Walden and were a replica of a weapon used by Ancient Welsh tribes. They were double-edged, but were intended more for bayonetting than cutting.’ 

WW2 Period Indian Army Gurkha Kukri, wooden grip with steel screw to the pommel. Housed in its wooden scabbard which has a cloth field cover, leather belt loop attached to a webbing waist belt. The blade is stamped to the spine with Indian broad arrow and ‘RP’. The curved blade shows some wear with light surface pitting. The blade measures 35cms, overall 47cms.