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A CROATIAN MUSKET

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:400.00 - 500.00 USD
A CROATIAN MUSKET
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 hardwood stock of archaic form, embellished at the carved wrist and butt with profiled iron band and brass studs, together with a large brass coin bearing the Austro-Hungarian crest. The French lock signed, the octagonal barrel struck with a proof mark and retained to the stock with brass bands, rewith brass forearm cap, ramrod intact. Early 19th century or earlier. Overall length 152.4 cm.
Condition II