Arms, Armour & Militaria
Arms and armour stretches from ancient times to modern conflicts, with weapons ranging from swords and clubs to firearms, armour including helmets and shields, and militaria such as medals, uniforms, flags and ephemera.
Medals and militaria are often sold at auction as specialised categories, with arms and armour sales also held.
Russian shashka sword emerges in Amersham
12 August 2019A 19th century Russian shashka sword with fine niello-worked ornament sold for £6700 against an estimate of £250-450 at Amersham Auction Rooms (17.5% buyer’s premium) on August 1.
Arms fair now in 52nd year
12 August 2019The 102nd staging of the London Antique Arms Fair is on Saturday, August 24.
Strong demand for Boer War medal honouring bravery regardless of race
22 July 2019A medal, silver cigar box and ‘oil lamp’ lighter sold at Ramsay Cornish's latest sale in Edinburgh had come by descent from Major Jonathan Leslie Dean (1859-1926). He was a key participant in the defence of O’okiep (1902), the small town in the Northern Cape that was besieged by Boer Commandos from April 4-May 4, 1902, towards the end of the Second Boer War.
Classic wartime posters impress in Dorset auction including a probable Abram Games record price
18 July 2019A poster which is one of the most famous worldwide is also one of the rarest: just six copies of the British First World War design showing a fierce Kitchener pointing at YOU are known to exist.
Early Special Boat Service badges and insignia show the special forces collecting impact on auctions
15 July 2019The lot description ‘special forces’ always causes a stir among militaria collectors and a particularly good example emerged at specialist auction house Bosleys of Marlow.
Boer War group puts the boot in
15 July 2019An “extremely rare” grouping of military items including a British 1899 issue leather hobnail boot with a shrapnel hole sold for £6500 at a Buckinghamshire auction on July 3.
Five militaria auction highlights including snuff mull given by 1745 Jacobite rising leader to the guard at his execution
01 July 2019A snuff mull owned by an executed 1745 Jacobite rising leader and a First World War British tank splatter mask are among five hammer highlights in June auctions.
Getting a grip on a £20,000 Fairbairn-Sykes dagger
01 July 2019A rare variant of the classic Second World War commando knife has sold for 200 times its lower estimate at a North Yorkshire auction.
Lady's pistols made in Birmingham offered in Freiburg
01 July 2019From the 18th century onwards, the city of Birmingham was a major centre of the British gun-making industry.
Christie's auction off extraordinary group of Indian courtly weapons with the Al Thani edge
01 July 2019Christie’s marathon 12-hour auction of Indian jewellery and works of art from the Al Thani family held in New York included the finest collection of courtly weapons to come to auction in well over a generation.
‘First flag on Omaha Beach’ sold in the US
24 June 2019The first American flag believed to have been planted on Omaha Beach in northern France on D-Day proved to be the top lot in Heritage’s (25% buyer’s premium) Arms & Armor, Civil War & Militaria Auction on June 9.
Pistol fires arms fair interest
24 June 2019This c.1800 flintlock pistol below by James Wilkinson, London, was used on packet ships to protect the General Post Office mail.
Van Gogh’s ‘suicide’ gun sells for €130,000 at auction in Paris
19 June 2019The gun believed to be the weapon used by Vincent van Gogh to shoot himself in the summer of 1890 was knocked down at an €130,000 (£116,070) at auction in Paris.
Medal awarded to British soldier killed on the D-Day beaches sells at auction
11 June 2019In the week marking the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings a poignant medal was sold at auction which had been awarded to a British soldier killed in the invasion.
British Waterloo Medal offered at New York sale
10 June 2019Included in Weiss Auctions’ sale in Lynbrook, New York, on June 26 is this British Waterloo Medal for Henry Gronemann, who was in the 5th Line Battalion of the King’s German Legion.
Rare fireman’s helmet bought at auction by Midlands museum
07 June 2019The Black Country Living Museum has bought a rare piece of local history - a fireman’s helmet from a fire service run by the local butcher.
Five militaria auction highlights – including a Second World War V1 flying bomb rudder
28 May 2019A Second World War V1 flying bomb rudder recovered in Kent and kept as a ‘souvenir’ by a Home Guard member is among the militaria highlights in five recent auctions.
Antique weapons will be permitted in the post
27 May 2019A significant amendment means that the new law governing the sale of bladed items will not impact buyers of antique weapons as once feared.
Obituary: John Hayward (1938-2019)
27 May 2019The death of John Hayward on May 12 has robbed the world of medals and medal collecting of its most colourful personality.
Vietnam War 1968 shell shocked soldier photo sets Don McCullin world auction record
21 May 2019With photographer Don McCullin in the spotlight thanks to the recent Tate Britain exhibition of his hard-hitting work, it has been a good time to auction one of his most famous images.
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