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A CAUCASIAN QADDARA CUTLASS

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military / Armory - Amour Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 500.00 USD
A CAUCASIAN QADDARA CUTLASS
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 15 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 650 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 a
Of a type found in the Transcaucasus and northern Iran, its design suggests it was used in place of the saber, probably for close fighting by infantrymen. With a large, kindjal-type horn grip with iron mounts pinning Persian silver coins, the blade straight, single-edged, and multifullered, with a long, acutely-pointed tip. Struck at the right forte with a maker's mark and a worn gold inscription.Mid-19th century .Worn.Overall length 67.3 cm.
Condition II