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A RARE BLACK SEA YATAGHAN SWORD

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 400.00 USD
A RARE BLACK SEA YATAGHAN SWORD
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...
A scarce form found in Eastern Anatolia and the Transcaucasus. The horn grips arched in the form of a crescent as is typical, the grip with black leather wrapped in strips of green hide, with studded leather water-guard intact. The blade deeply struck with a maker's mark, recurved and bellied, with multiple fullers, brass inlay and punched and inlaid motifs along the spine. In its wooden scabbard with cord wrap and woven leather panel.Mid-19th century.Wear and losses to scabbard.Overall length 81.8 cm. Condition II