Knives, Bayonets, Swords, & Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a Japanese Type 32 Otsu transport soldier's sword. The Otsu was an abbreviated version of the Type 32 "Ko" cavalry sword, made beginning in 1899, through the World War I era, and up until 193The Otsu was used by Japanese enlistees in...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare NPEA student's dagger, and was a D-Day vet's bring-back. This is another artifact brought home by Radio Operator Clyde Williams, who was in the First Wave of the D-Day Invasion (please see link below for related...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous and very rare World War II DOUBLE-engraved Wehrmacht dress bayonet for Artillery Regiment 13 of Magdeburg that was a D-Day Vet bring-back. The side engraved with "For Memory of My Service" (Zur Erinnerung an Meine Dienstzeit)...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1930s scabbard for the sword of either a Nazi policeman or an SS officer. The scabbard is painted black and has decorative detail at either end. VINTAGE: Circa late 1930s. SIZE: Overall: approximately 32-1/4" in length and...

ARTIFACT: This is a Rare Model 1933 SS Dagger manufactured by Boker. It is marked on the cross guard with a Roman numeral I for the Munich Distribution Center. The reverse of the blade shows signs of having been an Ernst Rohm Presentation Dagger and...

ARTIFACT: This is an early transitional Hitler youth dagger by a rare maker, C. D. Schaaf. "Hitler Youth" was initially an organization formed to groom teenagers as anti-Semites, but during the War the Youths became fair game to restore depleted military...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early World War II tropical bayonet frog for the K-98 (Karabiner 98 Kurz). The K-98 became a standard issue weapon for the Wehrmacht in 193It was the Army's most widely used rifle through the end of the war. The frog has a...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful early SA (Sturm Abteilung/Stormtroopers) dagger with a leather hanger by a scarce maker, Herman Hahn. The blade reads ALLES FUR DEUTSCHLAND (all for Germany) and has a Om (Ostmark) Gau stamp. VINTAGE: Circa 1933-1938...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War I "No-Man's Land" Doughboy bring-back: a 1915 dated Prussian 98/05 butcher blade bayonet. It has a grooved wooden handle and is maker marked upon the blade. This bayonet came to us in the company of a few other items,...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 19th century Indonesian keris, or kris, with an ornate scabbard and a beautiful blade. A keris is a dagger native to Indonesia as well as a handful of neighboring countries, with an asymmetrical blade. This particular keris...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1959 large Randall Knife of Lieutenant Colonel Robert E. Stewart. This knife, deaccessioned from well-known Randall collector Tom Clinton's collection, is displayed on Tom Ziemba's Air America Web Site www.air-america.net as having...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa World War II Filipino Itak ("chopper") edged weapon from the central Tagalog region of the Philippines. The weapon is accompanied by its wonderfully decorated scabbard, which shows deeply carved flowers along one side. Beveled...