Robert Mole and Sons supplied swords and bayonets to the War Office, the Admiralty and the Government of India as well as for private and trade customers.

Company records were discovered in 1988. These detail Government and India Office contracts from 1852-1919 and Private and Trade customers from 1903-1920. This archive chronicles the bulk of Moles output, as by his own admission he had "no private trade worth mentioning."

The author has added notes and narrative to the records, which include Government and India Office specifications and official drawings.