Auctions Imperial Arms and Armor 2015

Of typical form, forged entirely of steel with spring cutoff and integral suspension rings, retained by its woven baldric with ramrod intact. Second h

The heavy blade with distinctive curve and profiled tip, the wooden grip with brass mounts. Latter 19th century. Blade pitted. Overall length 71.8 cm.

Probably German, the round hardwood haft expanding to an octagonal head, studded with 20 handwrought spikes of square section entirely intact togethe

With rhino horn grips and steel mounts, the curved, single-edged blade showing areas of complex wootz patterning. In its leather-covered wooden scabba

English, the head finely-wrought of pierced and profiled brass with expanded and stepped socket. On its replaced painted octagonal hardwood haft. Late

Bontok work, the handforged steel head of typical form, with wooden haft and long iron ferrule. Early 20th century. Heavily worn. Overall length 40 cm

A rare transitional Venetian form of swepthilt rapier. The fine brass “cat’s head” pommel elaborately embellished with an angel’s head, with corded wo

Mounted in well-wrought and engraved silver, the double-edged blade with central fuller and engraved silver ferrule. In its paneled and tooled leather

The horse’s hoof-type pommel set with panels of okir-engraved mother of pearl, the cord-wrapped grip with silvered ferrule and baka-baka. The waved, d

Probably Austrian, the handforged head of characteristic form, edged on the concave side, with forged hook designed to wrest the horse’s reins from an

The characteristic steel Hindu baskethilt with backspike, fitted with a massive saber blade which shows evidence of damascus steel forging, with chamf

A large example,the grip carved of a polished bone. The mounts of engraved brass. Blade with pronounced central ridge retains its edge. The scabbard c

A type specimen of a very rare form. The long hardwood haft with brass mounts, intricately bound with plaited rattan, the massive blade wrought with a

The elephant grips with large ears and hilt mounts of silver retaining some gilding. The fine blade with chiseled motifs and elaborately inlaid in geo

A robust example, the baskethilt with fabric lining, the broad, single-edged blade expanding continuously toward the spatulate tip, with pronounced ba

Very well made, the shaped hardwood stock with steel bow retaining its original cord, and functional trigger mechanism. The wrought steel mounts elabo

Heavy bronze grip ribbed with fully modelled lionhead pommel. Massive recurved pipeback blade, double-edged at tip. Engraved with a skull between cros

Probably French, the fine bronze grip fully-modelled with a nude horseman gripping a dagger and ascending a crag beneath which a crowned and collared

Wrought of solid steel, the spherical head surmounted by a stepped finial. The haft faceted with stepped, spherical bead at the center, the remainder

The brass hilt with Prussian crest on the folding guard, and Kaiser Wilhelm II monogram on the leather-covered grip, and retains its twisted wire wrap