Dear customers,

We will be attending the following exhibitions:

If you are interested in any items from our catalogue and have the opportunity to visit one of the exhibitions, please let us know the item number and your name, and we will bring the goods for you to view in person.
Kind regards, Alex

  • German “Day of Labour 1935” Commemorative Badge (Tag der Arbeit 1935), Pleuger & Voss, Lüdenscheid

    German “Day of Labour 1935” Commemorative Badge (Tag der Arbeit 1935), Pleuger & Voss, Lüdenscheid (Lot: 403)

    Original German event badge issued for the “Day of Labour” celebrations on May 1st 1935. Die-struck aluminium construction with pin-back fastening. Obverse shows three workers with tools and an eagle with wreath and swastika; dated 1935 below. Reverse maker-marked Pleuger & Voss G.m.b.H., Lüdenscheid. A typical Third Reich propaganda tinnie, well-preserved collectible example.

    $ 30 fee: 22.5%
  • Scarce And Unusual Georgian Silver Mounted Officer’s Pistol With Brass Barrel And Lock Circa 1775

    Scarce And Unusual Georgian Silver Mounted Officer’s Pistol With Brass Barrel And Lock Circa 1775 (Lot: 459)

    A Scarce And Unusual Georgian Silver Mounted Officer’s Pistol With Brass Barrel And Lock Signed “Abney & Co” Circa 1775.

    8 and 1/8 inch slightly swamped round barrel with top flat marked “London”. 62 caliber. Barrel with gunmakers’ proofs and further stamped “WG”. Sparse engraving at breech. The rounded lock well engraved with foliage and “Abney & Co” in a riband. Gooseneck hammer engraved (wear). Full silver mounts comprising engraved triggerguard, openwork engraved sideplate, silver thumb piece, thimbles, and fine cast and chased grotesque mask buttcap.

    Figured molded walnut full stock with raised shell carving at breech tang. Brass tipped ramrod. Brass barrel with minor marks but crisp engraving. Engraved lock in good condition. Silver mounts rate fine throughout. Beautiful figured walnut stock rates excellent with almost no wear or marks. Action is strong on both full and half cock. Bore is fine.

    This is a extremely showy and attractive Revolutionary War period pistol that would have been carried by a wealthy officer.

    $ 4,950 fee: 22.5%
  • SA Sports Badge in Bronze

    SA Sports Badge in Bronze (Lot: 589)

    A fine example of the SA Sports Badge in Bronze (SA-Sportabzeichen in Bronze), instituted by Ernst Röhm in 1933 as a physical fitness award for members of the SA and later the wider population. The design features a vertical sword over a swastika, encircled by an oak leaf wreath.

    This piece is marked on the reverse with “Eigentum D.S.A. Sportabzeichen Hauptstelle” and produced by Berg & Nolte A.G., Lüdenscheid, a well-known maker of Third Reich awards and insignia. Retaining its original finish and showing honest age toning, it is a desirable and collectible bronze grade example.

    $ 110 fee: 22.5%