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Click here to subscribe[Militaria] A Second World War U.S. Legitimus No.128 Machete or Bush Knife by Collins & Co. as used by the U.S.M.C. in the Pacific Theatre, of standard production specification, the 57cm curved blade, bearing maker’s mark at the riccasso, complete in its maker marked tooled brown leather sheath with belt hoop, 70cm
TWO GERMAN HUNTING SWORDS, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY the first with broad double-edged blade etched and gilt with the spurious date '1414', iron cross-piece, iron cap-pommel and wire-bound wooden grip; the second etched with an inscription to honour over the forte on one face, brass hilt (incomplete) and staghorn grip; a hunting sword-blade; a military sword-blade and a machete the first: 54.5 cm; 21½ in blade (5)
A rare and important, possibly unknown, 19th century photograph of Cannibal Tom, depicting the famed creophagous tribesman bearing a blowpipe in his right hand and machete in his left, dressed in a loin cloth before a foliate background, 8 x 6in. (20.3 x 15.3cm.); plus another smaller image of three Samoan natives and three views of the river Avon, New Zealand verso, all pasted to card. (3) * Condition: Card with browning and light foxing.
A Dutch Klewang or Machete, 43.5cm blade stamped HEMBRUG at the forte, recurved steel guard, two-piece riveted wooden grips, contained in its brass mounted leather scabbard, together with a Bolo, the scabbard with later ink markings "Filipino Guerilla's Knife - Bolo" (Leyte 1944-45). The Dutch machete is known to have been used by Japanese forces during WWII. (2)
A miscellaneous collection to include a heavy brass boat rudder, a 20th century military machete set within a leather scabbard, stamped to blade JJB 1915 together with 20th century military bayonet (displayed behind cabinet opposite), treen butter paddles, a small carved treen press, a boxed matchbox 10 volt power pack, equestrian volumes to include Cope's Royal Cavalcade of the Turf, Right Royal by John Masefield, Hunting with Jorrocks, Riding Stirrups, etc