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A POLISH HUSSAR?S SABER

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military / Armory - Amour Start Price:900.00 USD Estimated At:1,800.00 - 2,000.00 USD
A POLISH HUSSAR?S SABER
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 characteristic open hilt composed of a broad steel guard with flattened quillon terminals, long, slender langets and a thumbring and cylindrical steel pommel with handforged chain knuckleguard, the corded wooden grip covered in black leather. The shallowly-curved blade with triple fullers and backedge, the tip profiled in period.Late 17th century or later. Wear to grip, minor pitting, cleaned overall. Overall length 89.2 cm.
Condition III