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A BERDICHE HALBERD HEAD

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 500.00 USD
A BERDICHE HALBERD HEAD
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 rare example of Ottoman or Imperial Russian workmanship. The well-forged head with long, crescent edge and rectangular socket, the lower extremity terminating in a rectangular strap pierced for attachment to the haft. Beginning of the 16th century.Worn.Ex- Higgins Armor Musuem, Worcester, MA.Overall length 50.5 cm. Condition III