German Weimar Republic Machine Gun Regiment Presentation Shooting Association Cutlas / Dagger, with stag horn grip, brass acorn pommel top, ‘S’ shaped hoof guard and shell guard. Housed in black leather and brass mounted scabbard. The rear of the top scabbard mount is engraved ‘Ehrenhirschfänger A Passemann M.G.K. Quedlingburg 13.10.1927’. Single edged straight blade with feint etched decoration of foliage and crowned Imperial style eagle. Unmaker marked blade. Some pitting and wear to the blade. The blade measures 41cms, overall 55 ½ cms.

Second Afghan War Campaign Medal Pair to a Piper in the 92nd (Gorgon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, During the Assault on Pir Paimal in the Battle of Kandahar he Struck up a Tune on his Bagpipes Until the Bag was Pierced by an Enemy Bullet, Afghanistan medal with clasps Charasia, Kabul and Kandahar, engraved naming, ‘2113 PTE J MIDDLETON 92ND HIGHRS’ some contact marks to edge of medal, Kabul to Kandahar Star, impressed naming, ‘2113 PRIVATE J MIDDLETON 92 HIGHLANDERS’. The History of the Gordon Highlander’s Vol.II by Lt. Colonel C Greenhill Gardine, records that Middleton was a Piper and that during the assault on Pir Paimal in the Battle of Kandahar he struck up a tune on his bagpipes until the bag was pierced by an enemy bullet (photocopy from book included). James Middleton appears on the roll with service number 2113, the Afghanistan medal and 3 clasps are confirmed on the roll, he purchased his discharge in Natal on 20th December 1881.

Rare Third Reich SA / NSKK Dagger with ‘Christmas’ Pattern Motto to Blade by Ernst Pack & Söhne, Solingen, fine and extremely rare example of the first ever issue of the SA dress dagger with the brown wooden grip having the 1st pattern 1927 pattern eagle and enamel SA device. The grip fittings have a nicotine patina. Housed in its matching scabbard with black finish to the centre, which would indicate that the scabbard was replaced when the regulation for NSKK members to have the black scabbard after 19th May 1936, where members could either paint their scabbard or exchange, the scabbard fittings match the grip fittings indicating this has been together since WW2. The double edged blade has the early motto ‘Alles fur Deutschland’ and the reverse has the makers trademark. The blade measures 22cms, overall 37 ½ cms. Untouched as found example, lower ball mount on the scabbard is cracked. On the 15th December 1933, the SA Headquarters officially decided to institute a dagger to be worn with the SA uniform. On Christmas 1933 the first grouping of SA daggers were delivered to the higher SA leaders. These daggers are referred to as ‘Weihnachtsdolch’ (Christmas Dagger) and they have different design mottos to the later examples. This is the first type of these with the early pattern eagle, later examples can be found with the standard / later type eagle, see the following lot for an example of this. This dagger is a must have for any collector of SA daggers and rarer to find than an honour dagger.

Egypt & Sudan Campaign Medal Pair to an Able Seaman on H.M.S. Superb, Egypt medal 1882-89, reverse dated 1882, with clasp Alexandria 11th July, engraved naming ‘A. CALLAWAY. A.B. H.M.S. ‘SUPERB” with Khedive’s Star medal, obverse dated 1882, unnamed as issued. 623 Egypt medals were issued to H.M.S. Superb. Alfred Callaway was born in Lambeth, Surrey on 26th May 1861 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 29th June 1877 with service number 100603. He had an interesting time whilst serving culminating with 7 spells in the cells including 42 days hard labour in Maidstone Gaol in January 1880. He was discharged to Shore on 21st May 1900 joining the Royal Fleet Reserve. He rejoined the service in August 1914 as war loomed and was discharged on 13th October 1916 so he could resume his civilian employment at Woolwich Arsenal. For his Great War service, he was awarded a British War medal and Silver War Badge.