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A RARE ARMENIAN KINDJAL

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
A RARE ARMENIAN KINDJAL
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...
Made for a child, with walrus grip, the bosses of nielloed silver, the lightly-curved double-edged blade with central ridge. In its elaborately pierced, engraved and nielloed scabbard inscribed NAKHICHEVAN in Cyrilic characters, the reverse with Imperial Russian view marks. Retains its wooden core with velvet covering and silver gallon suspension band. Mid 19th century. Light wear. Overall length 21.5 cm.
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