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A MORO KAMPILAN SWORD

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:250.00 - 350.00 USD
A MORO KAMPILAN 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...
The wooden hilt of typical form, with bifurcate pommel and broad crossguard, carved of actively-grained wood, with iron guard and rattan grip-wrap intact, the pommel set with American coins, each dated 1903. The long, handwrought, single-edged blade expanding toward the profiled and pierced tip. Late 19th century. Some pitting to blade. Overall length 104.3 cm.
Condition II