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Welcome to my website.

I buy and sell all kinds of military antiques: swords, daggers, handguns, long guns, bayonets and general militaria (badges, belt buckles, etc). The date period spans 17th to 20th century and occasionally an earlier item turns up. My specialist interest is in 18th to 20th-century European (including British) military swords, principally Austrian, French and German items. However, I also handle civilian smallswords and hunting hangers.

On the firearm side, I am particularly interested in 19th-century British and American percussion revolvers and licence-exempt cartridge pistols, eg pinfire, rimfire, etc. On the bayonet side, I always have a reasonable selection of 20th-century German Mauser items in stock, as well as a smaller selection of British bayonets. As for militaria, I have a stock of Napoleonic period British military buttons, as well as later British items. Furthermore, I stock some elements of 3rd Reich uniforms, eg belts and buckles, cloth headdress and dress swords and dirks.

I am a member of the London Arms & Armour Society, the Marylebone Pistol and Rifle Club, and have been trading in antique arms and militaria since 1970 - in London's West End until December 2008, and since that time mainly from my website and at the biannual London Antique Arms Fairs, held at the Hotel Ibis London in April and September.

I acted as a consultant to Bonhams (auctioneers) in the 1990s and have sold many antiques to important museums, including: the Tower of London (Royal Armouries); the National Army Museum, London; the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; the Hoffburg Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, California.

Should you wish to know more about any of the products, please feel free to contact me.

Christopher Seidler
chris@antique-militaria.co.uk
0845 644 3674


testimonials

[From a vendor, rather than a buyer]

I'm delighted that you are happy with the badge and I hope you can sell it to someone who will value owning it.

I tried to sell it on eBay but they won't accept Nazi items. I then contacted several dealers via a Google search who mostly offered me £40-£50 after some haggling. Most of the other dealers tried to conceal its true value in their replies and also lacked manners which doesn't inspire confidence.

Ultimately it's about trust. I should think that most prospective sellers have done their own research and therefore know roughly what their item is worth. You were the only dealer who had the integrity to concede that my valuation was approximately correct and I respect your comment that you can't offer this as you need to make a profit. Your honest approach is greatly appreciated and I felt comfortable taking the risk in sending it to you.

Thank you for a smooth transaction

C D, UK, 01.07.2015

We just got the hat! Looks great so many thanks ... very pleased with the hat.

P D, USA, 24.03.2011

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