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A CAUCASIAN KINDJAL SHORTSWORD

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
A CAUCASIAN KINDJAL SHORTSWORD
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
With antler grip on the obverse and horn on the reverse, the massive blade with three central fullers to either side, and struck at the forte with a gilded maker's mark of crescent form, the forte and fullers further inlaid in brass vinework. In its velvet-covered wooden scabbard. Latter 19th century. Light wear. Overall length 58.4 cm. Condition II