AUCTION 45: ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR

A Soviet M1927 Shashka with scabbard and tassel made at the Zlatoust Tool Plant. This is a rare export version without factory stamps on the visible s

With a wide double-edged pointy blade decorated with etching at the forte, carved bone handle and steel pommel. Germany, 18th century. L: 28 5/8 in.,

A Chinese Jian sword with a double-edged straight diamond-shaped blade, decorated C-shape embronzed metal handguard, wooden grip, and pommel dressed w

A larger Burmese Dha sword of a traditional form with a slightly curved single-edged blade decorated with silver inlay. The pommel and scabbard are ma

A yataghan with the characteristic horizontal eared pommel of the Zeybek people. The blade is of the characteristic yataghan shape and bears a faint d

This pair of 'dah hmyaung' daggers is highly decorative with interesting, patterned steel for the blades, which have been damascened with si...

An Ottoman Turkish kilij of the 19th century with an attractive horn handle in the characteristic kilij style, a brass guard with upturned quillons, a

A traditional style of spear used by the Maasai people of East Africa to hunt lions and protect cattle. The spearhead is a long spatulated steel blad

A beautifully decorated Tabar axe with gold damascene swirling designs around the edges of the axe head. In addition, there are two engraved sections,

This is a steel Indo-Persian Tabar battleaxe of the Qajar period in Iran. The head of the axe is beautifully engraved with large Farsi inscriptions. T