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A RARE PAIR OF POLISH KARWASZ ARMGUARDS

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD
A RARE PAIR OF POLISH KARWASZ ARMGUARDS
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...
Worn by the famous Winged Hussars. Well wrought of steel, the hinged wristplates with profiled buckles. Lavishly mounted overall with acanthus borders, pierced, profiled and engraved, the elbows likewise brass, embossed and engraved as lion’s heads. First half of the 17th century. Some wear, hinges possibly replaced. Overall length of each 29.5 cm.
Condition II