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A RARE RUSSIAN ARMOR ELEMENT

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD
A RARE RUSSIAN ARMOR ELEMENT
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...
A handwrought steel armguard inlaid with silver floral and vine motifs within lineal borders. Latter 16th century. Corroded. Russian armor is very rarely encountered on the market. Overall length 32.5 cm.
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