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AN EASTERN EUROPEAN CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
AN EASTERN EUROPEAN CAVALRY OFFICER’S SWORD
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 private purchase weapon, possibly Russian. With steel three-bar hilt struck on the underside with unidentified maker’s marks, and canted grip covered with rayskin. The fine pipe-backed blade wrought of active pattern-welded damascus steel, with distinct clipped tip. In its associated steel scabbard. First half of the 19th century. Rayskin replaced, scabbard well worn. Overall length 106.9 cm.
Condition III