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A SET OF INDIAN ARMOR

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:500.00 - 700.00 USD
A SET OF INDIAN ARMOR
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...
Comprising a helmet, shield and pair of armguards, all well-wrought of steel . The helmet of hemispherical form with scalloped border and top spike, plume tubes and adjustable nasal with camail of butted rings, falling in three points. The armguards of characteristic form, with hinged wrist plates and applied scalloped borders. The circular shield lightly domed, with applied scalloped border, set with four bosses. All finely inlaid en suite with intricate geometrical patterns in fine silver. With full padding and grips to shield intact. Latter 20th century. Diameter of shield 44 cm.
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