AUCTION 45: ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR

The gently curved head of this axe is decorated with floral motifs in silver-inlay throughout its entirety, with most of the decoration still visible.

Entirely of steel, with a crescent-shaped Damascus steel blade finely decorated with gold inlay forming floral scrolls. The round shaft is decorated w

Imperial German Prussian M1889 Cavalry sword. N II cipher denoting that it is KAVALLERIE DEGEN M1889 KD89 Nicholas II Unit. The nickel-plated hilt is

This Austro-Hungarian sabre, known as a 'szablya' in Hungarian, is beautifully decorated with bronze fittings and mother-of-pearl grips. The...

With a wide single-edged blade decorated with etched Quranic verses on both sides, polished wood grip scales and a sheath with metal mounts. Probably

A rare US Civil War-era bannerman sword. European blade of unknown origin, 19th century. No markings or ornamentation. The curved blade has a wide ful

A French model of 1874 bayonet designed for use with the Fusil Gras which was the standard issue rifle of the French Army at the time. The back of the

A late Renaissance long rapier, complete with a clamshell guard and 'S' curved quillons and a copper wire-wrapped grip with metal Turk's...

A 17th-century Italian rapier with a cup-hilt guard that has been decorated with cutouts and engraved foliate designs all over. Inside the cup are two

A 19th century Victorian facsimile of a medieval sword, bearing a wooden grip set below an iron guard of two flared quillons ending in button shapes a