EARLY GERMANIC STYLE BOWIE KNIFE INSCRIBED “FREDERICK SELOUS”.

EARLY GERMANIC STYLE BOWIE KNIFE INSCRIBED “FREDERICK SELOUS”. Fine early Bowie with an unusual shaped 8-1/8″ dbl edged blade with dbl fullers & fluted ricassos. It has an S-shaped handguard with teardrop quillions & a square hole through top side for latch from sheath. Mounted with fine old stag handle with steel ferrule & steel teardrop shaped buttcap. Accompanied by its orig oil cloth covered wooden sheath with diamond shaped steel tip & half-diamond shaped throat with a spring latch. Interior of throat is brass lined. Right lower side of throat is inscribed in electric pencil “Frederick Selous”.____Frederick Selous was one of, if not the most famous of all African explorers & big game hunters. He was born in 1851 and educated in England & Germany and traveled to Africa at age 19. He then traveled from the Cape of Good Hope to Matebeleland in early 1872 where he was granted hunting rights for the entire domain of King Lobengula. He hunted there many years taking untold numbers of elephant & other game. He later helped settle & form the country of Rhodesia now known as Zimbabwe. He fought in the first Matebele War in 1893 & later in the 2nd Matebele War. In the late 1890’s he married & settled in England. When WWI broke out at age 64, he returned to East Africa as Captain of the 25th Battallion Royal Fusiliers. In 1916 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order & was killed by a German sniper in January 1917 ending the life of one of the greatest explorers & hunters the world has ever known. PROVENANCE: Dr. Frank Miller Estate Collection. CONDITION: The knife retains its full blade with bright polish that appears to have been repolished. Stag handle is sound with a wonderful aged patina. Iron ferrule & pommel cap are a very dark brown patina. Sheath is sound with tip & throat a dark brown patina. Oil cloth cover has one minor loss near tip & retains a hand worn patina. Altogether a beautiful & special Bowie knife. 4-35759 JR311 (2,000-3,500)

Auction: Firearms - Fall 2008

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	1285A	$5,750.00	EARLY GERMANIC STYLE BOWIE KNIFE INSCRIBED “FREDERICK SELOUS”. Fine early Bowie with an unusual shaped 8-1/8″ dbl edged blade with dbl fullers & fluted ricassos. It has an S-shaped handguard with teardrop quillions & a square hole through top side for latch from sheath. Mounted with fine old stag handle with steel ferrule & steel teardrop shaped buttcap. Accompanied by its orig oil cloth covered wooden sheath with diamond shaped steel tip & half-diamond shaped throat with a spring latch. Interior of throat is brass lined. Right lower side of throat is inscribed in electric pencil “Frederick Selous”.____Frederick Selous was one of, if not the most famous of all African explorers & big game hunters. He was born in 1851 and educated in England & Germany and traveled to Africa at age 19. He then traveled from the Cape of Good Hope to Matebeleland in early 1872 where he was granted hunting rights for the entire domain of King Lobengula. He hunted there many years taking untold numbers of elephant & other game. He later helped settle & form the country of Rhodesia now known as Zimbabwe. He fought in the first Matebele War in 1893 & later in the 2nd Matebele War. In the late 1890’s he married & settled in England. When WWI broke out at age 64, he returned to East Africa as Captain of the 25th Battallion Royal Fusiliers. In 1916 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order & was killed by a German sniper in January 1917 ending the life of one of the greatest explorers & hunters the world has ever known. PROVENANCE: Dr. Frank Miller Estate Collection. CONDITION: The knife retains its full blade with bright polish that appears to have been repolished. Stag handle is sound with a wonderful aged patina. Iron ferrule & pommel cap are a very dark brown patina. Sheath is sound with tip & throat a dark brown patina. Oil cloth cover has one minor loss near tip & retains a hand worn patina. Altogether a beautiful & special Bowie knife. 4-35759 JR311 (2,000-3,500) Auction: Firearms - Fall 2008 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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