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A RUSSIAN KINDJAL DAGGER

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:500.00 - 700.00 USD
A RUSSIAN KINDJAL DAGGER
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 large example, the dark horn grips with profiled and engraved silver mounts. The heavy, pattern-welded damascus blade broad and bifullered. In its leather-covered wooden scabbard with silver locket signed on the reverse, WORK OF VAHMAL, and ball finial decorated en suite with the hilt. Late 19th-early 20th century. Leather replaced. Overall length 56 cm.
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