We operate a free of charge delivery Service Worldwide PLEASE NOTE: We endeavour to bring our customers the best value we can, but please remember stocks are limited and subject to availability. We update our web site as quickly as we can to minimise disappointment. Rest assured your credit card will only be debited as your order or individual items from your order are confirmed and invoiced.Please note all items are sold as antique/Collectors items only. IMPORTANT NOTICE for UK Customers Only – Please note that you must by law be 18 years of age or over and proof will be required to purchase deactivated weapons, antique/obsolete firearms or edged weapons from this website to comply with the Offensive Weapons Act 2019. Under this act we are unable to post edged weapons to a private address however can to a business address. The Act defines “residential premises” as premises used solely for residential purposes. This means that if premises are used for both residential and business purposes i.e. where a person runs a business from their home, it is possible to deliver bladed products to their address. In addition customers who purchase any antique or obsolete firearms can not be a Prohibited Person under Section 21 of the 1968 Firearms Act as amended. By placing an order you are confirming / declaring that you are of legal age to do so and are not a Prohibited Person. Plus to enable your order to be processed you must have read and ticked your acceptance of our terms and conditions on the checkout page and by so doing you confirm you meet with all the above conditions.  Military Swords Ltd works diligently to be aware of these ever changing laws and comply with them accordingly. However, it is ultimately the responsibility of the buyer to be in compliance of laws. By placing an order, the buyer represents that they are in compliance with the law and will utilise the items in a lawful manner.Privacy M D L is committed to respecting your privacy. We recognise your need for reasonable control of personally identifiable information that you share with Military Swords Ltd. Personally identifiable information is any information that is associated with your name. Our policy regarding the privacy of your information covers seven areas: Usage We use your information to better understand your needs and provide you better service.Specifically information is gathered through the use of our on line forms (“Enquiries/ Request for Information Form”). Cookies used on this site are only stored on your computer whilst you are visiting the site and are only used to aid navigation. To help us improve your experience, Michael D Long Ltd might also track your use of our Web site through our reporting tools. Awareness We provide this Online Privacy Statement to make you aware of our privacy policy in case you choose to share with us personally identifiable information. We take reasonable steps to see that it is followed within our company. Choice We will not sell or give your personally identifiable information to others. You may request that we cease to use any information that you have provided at anytime. However, we may release personal information (including logs that track your use of our web site) in response to all court orders and lawful requests from governmental authorities Access & Accuracy We strive to keep your personally identifiable information accurate. We are working to make it easier for you to review the information we store about you and enable you, if necessary, to update or correct it. Security We are committed to ensuring the security of your information and will take reasonable care to ensure its security. Links Our web site may provide links to third party sites. Since we do not control those websites, we encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third party sites Returns Policy If for some unlikely reason you are unhappy with your purchase from Military Swords Ltd, the first thing you must do is contact us to discuss the problem. After that if you still wish to return the item(s), this must be done within the GB Statutory legally binding period of 10 days. Please return the item(s) using the same packaging as you received the item(s) in, securely. The cost of the returning item must be borne by the buyer. After we examine the returning item(s) to ensure that they are in the same condition as when they were sent out, we will refund your money using the same method as payment. Oversight Due to the rapidly evolving technologies on the Internet, we may occasionally update this privacy statement. All revisions will be posted to this site and any change will not apply retrospectively to information that has been provided prior to the change without your specific positively given permission. If you have comments or questions about our privacy policy, please send them to this email address: sales@militaryswordsltd.com or by post to: CITIES LICENCE APPLICATION FOR EXPORT OF ITEMS MADE FROM IVORY AND OTHER PROTECTED SPECIES A Cities Licence will need to be obtained for British export documentation for any antique item sold on this website which has any ivory parts. It may also be necessary for other protected species such as Tortoise-shell. It will take 14 days for the procedure to be complete but is not required for counties within the European Union. For further information is available at ; Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) UK CITES Management Authority Telephone; + 44 117 372 8774 website: http://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/ PRIVACY POLICY Military Swords Ltd are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy, this Privacy Policy sets out why we collect personal information about individuals and how we use that information. It explains the legal basis for this and the rights you have over the way your information is used. This Policy covers all of Military Swords Ltd operations in the EEA, as well as other locations globally, in relation to the collection and use of your information and if you have any questions about this Policy, please contact bob@hedgermail.co.uk This Policy may be changed from time to time. If we make any significant changes we will noteds on the webtite. This Policy was last updated in December 2023 1 . How Do We Collect Information We may collect information from you whenever you contact us or have any involvement with us for example when you: visit the Site, enquire about our activities or services, sign up to receive news about New Stock, create or update a profile by making a purchase from the web site, agree to sell your property through Military Swords Ltd or ask us to perform a valuation, contact us in any way including online, email, phone, SMS or post 2 . How Do We Use Your Information? We will use your personal information in several ways which reflect the legal basis applying to processing of your data. These may include: providing you with the information or services you have asked for sending you communications with your consent that may be of interest, including marketing information about our services and activities when necessary, for carrying out your obligations under any contract between us, maintaining our organisational records and ensuring we know how you prefer to be contacted. We have set out below, a description of all the ways we plan to use your personal data, and which of the legal bases we rely on to do so. We have also identified what our legitimate interests are where appropriate. Please note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we are using your data. Please contact us if you need details about the specific legal ground we are relying on to process your personal data where more than one ground has been set out in the table below. 3 . Who Has Access To Your Information Your personal data will be processed by Military Swords Ltd. Where it is necessary to enable us to provide you with the services you have requested, we will transfer your personal data to third parties for example: we may transfer your data to our bank, payment card system companies or shippers. These organisations will only use the information to carry out the instructed services and on the basis, that the information is confidential and secure. Some of these organisations may be located outside the EEA please see below. We do not transfer your personal data to third parties who wish to use it for their own marketing or other purposes. We may need to carry out anti-money laundering and trade sanction checks and for us to do so we may need to retain and disclose certain information about you to appropriate agencies. This is also to assist with fraud, crime prevention and detection. We will only disclose your personal data when we receive a request from a government or law enforcement authority to provide your data in two situations: when we are ordered to do so by a court; or after we have undertaken an internal review and conclude that the institution making the request has both complied with the correct procedure and has the right to seek disclosure. We may also disclose your personal information if we are required to do so under any legal obligation and may use external data for the purposes of fraud prevention and credit risk reduction, or where doing so would not infringe your rights, but is necessary and in the public interest. Other than this, we will not share your information with other organisations without your consent. 4. How Do We keep Your Information Safe We recognise and take seriously our responsibility to protect the personal data you entrust to Military Sword Ltd from loss or misuse. MDL is a trading division of Military Swords Ltd Company Registration Number: 05691411