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AN OTTOMAN YATAGHAN SWORD

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 400.00 USD
AN OTTOMAN YATAGHAN 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...
Balkan work, the elephant grips with large ears, silver mounts embossed and engraved in baroque motifs, the single-edged recurved blade with an inlaid silver Ottoman inscription, OWNER SALIH 1227 YEAR (1812 c.e.) In its leather-covered wooden scabbard with metal mounts.Dated 1812.Stable crack to one grip.Overall length 73.3 cm. Condition III