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A KURDISH KHANJAR DAGGER

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military / Armory - Amour Start Price:175.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 450.00 USD
A KURDISH KHANJAR DAGGER
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
The grip of typical form, carved of a single large section of horn, the blade lightly curved and double-edged, with a pronounced central ridge and etched damascus finish. The silver scabbard elaborately embellished with engraved motifs, colored stones, and applied gilded plaques, in characteristic Kurdish style. Some stones lacking. Overall length 37.5 cm.
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