All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1800 item #1358075 (stock #ES725)
Antique, early 18th century, Turkish Ottoman, Islamic gun powder flask with flattened, oval form, wooden body covered in leather, with an impressed design of a palmette within a border of half-circles, with a conical iron nozzle. MEASUREMENTS: Height: 17.8 cm (7 in). Width: 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in). CONDITION: In its original condition, showing the age and usage, with a dark brown patina...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Edged Weapons : Pre 1800 item #1354987
A stunning and rare KHANJAR PERSIAN DAGGER, double-edged sharp curved blade of watered WOOTZ STEEL with medial ridge and keened point. The forte is chiseled in low relief on each side. The gilded steel hilt and scabbard are masterfully engraved with foliage and cartouches depicting human figures and various animals. Very rare and in good overall condition. Size: L. 16", blade 10.5" (L. 41.5 cm., blade 27 cm.). Weight: 419 gr. A fine Collector's piece!
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Edged Weapons : Pre 1800 item #753042 (stock #F28)
Antique, 18th century, Mughal Indo Persian - Sind Matchlock gun Jezail. Details; damascus steel barrel showing strongly banded pattern, muzzle fixed to mounting bayonet, curved wood full stock with simple iron plates on each side.
CONDITION: In good condition considering its age.
MEASUREMENTS: Overall length: 141cm (55 ½ inches).
REFERENCES: “Firearms Of The Islamic World in the Tareq Rajab Museum, Kuwait” by Robert Elgood...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Pre 1800 item #572996 (stock #F35)
Superb quality, early 18th century, Northern Indian Mughal matchlock musket -Toradar. DETAILS: steel side panels with pierced borders, long 118.8 cm (46 ¾ inches) tapered octagonal barrel, seven brass barrel bands, silver ramrod pipe complete with steel ramrod, mahogany full stock and ebonized serpentine housing, stock of typical form with slender butt of pentagonal form ended with horn buttpads, pierced steel leaf form trigger.
CONDITION: excellent...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Edged Weapons : Pre 1837 VR item #1483396 (stock #E1013)
Antique circa 1800 AD Mediterranean Spanish dagger stiletto manufactured in Albacete, Spain. Barrel form polished horn grip is inlaid with brass serpentine motifs and flanked by pierced and banded conical brass mounts. Sturdy elongated leaf-shaped blade with medial ridge, thick iron cross guard of elongated diamond shape...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Pre 1837 VR item #1492220 (stock #E1030)
Antique first half of the 19th century (Bourbon Restoration Period 1814-1830) French heavy cavalry (CUIRASSIER) breastplate armor (cuirass). The breastplate is formed of thick, heavy gauge steel with a projecting medial ridge forward over the down-turned basal flange and angular outward turns at the neck and arms openings.

It is fitted with a pair of brass studs at the front to attach shoulder straps and adorned on the perimeter with six domed brass rivets...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Pre 1837 VR item #1492244 (stock #E1029)
Antique first half of the 19th century Massive British Pistol made by Bond in London, converted from flintlock to percussion. The lock clearly marked “Bond”, the round barrel with foliate engraved tang, stamped on the top “London” with two Birmingham proof marks, on the site.

Full walnut stock with bag shape grip applied with oval brass escutcheon, engrave brass trigger guard, ramrod pipe with, brass -tipped wood ramrod.

MEASUREMENTS: Overall length: 32 cm...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Edged Weapons : Pre 1900 item #1470541 (stock #EA289)
Antique 19th century American Confederate large fighting knife - dagger from Civil War Era (1861–65 A.D.) handmade by a Confederate blacksmith with a massive, hand-forged, tapered, sturdy double-edged steel blade with visible forging and finishing marks.

The hilt consists of an S-shaped iron crossguard with flattened, twisted terminals, a shaped bone grip with an iron ferrule, and a pommel cup.

CONDITION: The crossguard, the ferrule, and the pommel cup have a matching patina...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Edged Weapons : Pre 1900 item #1455236 (stock #ES1101)
Antique, 17th-18th century, Indo Persian Islamic Mughal India gold inlaid Indian aristocrat sword, Talwar-Tulwar...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Edged Weapons : Pre 1900 item #1469729 (stock #ES1171)
Rare antique 19th century Turkish Ottoman Empire Balkan Style Islamic Bichaq Dagger knife with curved, single - edge, sturdy hand forged steel blade cut along the spine with slender fuller. Struck on the one face of the blade with a maker's mark in the form of the scimitar sword...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Edged Weapons : Pre 1900 item #1191450 (stock #ES579)
Authentic Ancient Luristan bronze Sword circa 1200 -1000 BC. A flanged hilt and blade finely cast in one piece. A very fine example of an authentic Ancient Luristan bronze dagger, of elegant form, from the Bronze Age circa 1200 -1000 BC. A tapering double-edged blade, a shaped hilt with an elliptical pommel, hollowed on each face for a pair of grip-scales...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Edged Weapons : Pre 1900 item #1451876 (stock #ES1045)
Antique Javanese Indonesian Islamic short sword - dagger Kris – Keris with old 17th–18th Century blade in 19th century mountings. The blade is hand forged with beautiful Pamor Pattern, mounted in the 19th century fittings including hilt (hulu) made of dark brown wood trembalo, in Yogyakarta style with the typical carvings. A Silvered ferrule or mendak well ornamented with granulated pattern.

Warangka: Ladrang cagok type with nice flamed Timoho wood pattern...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Edged Weapons : Pre 1900 item #1470542 (stock #EA284)
Antique 19th century, Civil War period, American N.C.O. or Sergeant's militia infantry officer's sword & scabbard. They were carried by sergeants who led in battle...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Edged Weapons : Pre 1900 item #1272586 (stock #ES689)
Antique 19th century Cretan Greek dagger Bichaq in the Islamic Turkish Ottoman form. DETAILS: A sturdy single – edged blade cut with short fullers mounted with ear shaped bone grips-scales retained by three brass rivets with incised circles and dots decoration, in its leather –covered wooden scabbard.

The engraving on the blade depicting map of island Crete with Greek writhing and the date 1951 is a leather addition.

MEASUREMENTS: The overall length in the...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Pre 1900 item #1485362 (stock #EA291)
Antique 18th century America Revolutionary War period gun powder horn, ca. 1770: made of a hollowed-out cow horn, with oval wood base secured with wrought-iron nails and fitted on the center with an iron loop for suspension cord. carved and tapered, turned pouring-spout retaining its original wooden spout-plug with iron loop connected to the horn by original cord.

CONDITION: In its original unattached condition with a superb mellow old patina.

MEASUREMENTS: The overall length incl...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1470543 (stock #EA279)
Authentic Antique 19th century American Civil War artifact relic soldier shoe boot heel hand forged Iron plate pierced with four nail holes. According to the previous owner was dug up at Gettysburg, in 1935.

MEASUREMENTS: 6.8 cm x 6.2 cm (2.68 inches x 2.44 inches).

CONDITION: Rusted in excavated condition. Showing its age and wear from usage.

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Edged Weapons : Pre 1900 item #1488829 (stock #ES1231)
Rare antique, 19th-century sword in the form of the Medieval 15th-century Islamic Spanish, Al-Andalus, Nasrid Dynasty, Hispano-Moresque, Emirate of Granada, Jineta swords.

The bronze hilt is characteristic of Moorish Al-Andalus Nasrid, featuring elaborate patterns and downturned quillons shaped like stylized elephant trunks. On the outer side of the pommel, there is a recessed center with a roseate, and the script is stylized in Arabic calligraphy.

The hilt is mounted with a good q...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Pre 1900 item #1454770 (stock #ES1109)
Antique, Chinese, Qing dynasty period (1644 -1912) large bronze processional elaborate polearm with a glaive head made of several separate bronze elements joined together.

A large, handmade, central undulating blade chiseled with a floral design is inserted and secured with solder in an elaborate socket.

The socket comprises two elements: a turned-on lathe baluster shape socket and the cast and hand-chiseled finial in the shape of a horned Qiulong dragon, connected together and secured...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1439312 (stock #ES961)
A pair of ornate, antique, 19th century, African Islamic, Hausa warrior brass horse stirrups, made in Turkish Ottoman manner. Each with very high, strongly curved treads/footplates pierced in the center with rosette and surmounted by an arched crossbar with a hexagonal suspension loop. Sides are engraved with a complex geometric motif. One of the stirrups cast with the funnel to rest upon, the bottom of the lancer's lance a spear-shaped pointed shoe of the staff. DIMENSIONS: Approximately: H...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1488694 (stock #EA293)
Large antique, 18th century, American Revolutionary war period, Pennsylvania Dutch rifleman's powder horn (1770s-1780).

It is made of a hollowed-out brown horn with a domed oval wood base secured with brass tacks and fitted with a brass loop in the center for a suspension cord.

The body is engraved in the middle with the initials J.R.K. The upper part below the wooden base is engraved with typical 18th-century Pennsylvania Dutch Hex signs – a rosette for good luck and a Pennsylvania...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1439374 (stock #ES970)
Antique 18th Century Indo-Persian, Islamic silver inlaid mace, a skillfully hand forged entirely of steel mace with large pear-shaped head surmounted by a raised bud finial, facet octagonal in cross section haft enclosed by a rounded cusp. All richly decorated throughout in silver koftgari damascening with palmettes and foliage motifs.

These types of Islamic ceremonial maces were made in different styles, shapes and from various materials throughout of Muslim world, bared by Muslims co...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1488685 (stock #D290)
A pair of antique Brazilian parade stirrups from the beginning of the 20th Century. The stirrups are made of silver-plated brass and are designed in the Spanish colonial conquistador manner. They are shaped like slippers to protect the rider's feet from injury. Each stirrup is made of separate elements, including soles, and is finely hand-engraved with an ornate floral pattern. A riveted band rises to the sturdy loop for suspension. The stirrups are sometimes called "wall pocket stirrups" becaus...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1454906 (stock #ES1115)
An exceptional antique Turkish Ottoman Balkan gun cartridge pouch Palaska from the beginning of the 19th century, composed of several elements of cast brass soldered together at the edges. The front sides and domed hinged lid are adorned with gilded Ottoman neo-rococo style motifs, and at the back fitted with a belt loop.

CONDITION: Showing the age and usage, with some wear to the gold gilt. Please see all the 6 photos in the listing since they are part of the description of the object's...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Edged Weapons : Pre 1900 item #1492221 (stock #E1028)
An exceptional antique 19th century circa 1840 A.D. French Romantic dagger – stiletto in the Neo-Renaissance style with an ornate gold gilt bronze hilt and scabbard.

The beautifully executed gold gilt bronze hilt is in the form of a sculpture depicting a high-ranking musketeer's officer of the guard of Henry III, King of France, and Poland. The sculpture is well-modeled with superb, fine, hand-chiseled details.

The musketeer is dressed in a typical late 16th-century elaborate muskete...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1395098 (stock #ES742)
A very good quality,antique late 18th - early 19th century, North African – Maghreb, Algeria – Morocco Islamic Arab gun powder flask with wooden, bag-shaped, plano -convex body, encased entirely in leather with untouched, lightly oxidized, brown-colored surfaces, with two iron rings for suspension, and attached leather straps, fitted with a nicely carved bone pouring-spout and bone nozzle including its original wood plug stopper.

CONDITION: In very good untouched condition, s...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Edged Weapons : Pre 1900 item #1469992 (stock #ES1165)
Antique 19th century Turkish Ottoman Kurdish dagger Khanjar – Jambiya.

The Jambiya features a curved, double-edged blade accentuated by a prominent medial ridge that adds to its overall strength and durability. The hilt is crafted from a high-quality horn and boasts a typical design that provides a comfortable grip and excellent control. The blade comes with a scabbard that is made of wood and covered in leather. The scabbard is elaborately incised with traditional design.

MEASUR...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Pre 1900 item #1491324 (stock #ES1236)
Antique 17th -19th century jeweled ceremonial mace Bulava in Imperial Ottoman fashion, Ottoman Empire, or Eastern Europe.

The onion-shaped partially gilt copper head is encased in, chased, and engraved with stylized floral motifs and set with natural turquoise stones of various sizes and shapes.

The shaft comprises upper and lower copper tubes, chased and engraved with stylized floral motifs and set with various sizes and shapes of natural turquoise stones, ensuite to the head of the m...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1435465 (stock #E890)
Antique German medieval knight 15th-16th century hand-forged iron horseshoe. MEASUREMENTS: Length: 13.2 cm (5.2 inches) Wide: 11.4 cm (4.49 inches) Weights: 428 grams CONDITION: In very good excavated condition.
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Edged Weapons : Pre 1900 item #1483388 (stock #ES1199)
Antique late 19th-century silver mounted North African Islamic tribal Tuareg dagger.

Details: The dagger has a straight, double-edged, tapered iron blade with an engraved silver plate surrounding the ricasso. The intricately profiled silver handle is engraved with a geometric pattern.

The dagger is a stunning work of craftsmanship. Its straight, double-edged iron blade tapers to a fine point, making it both sharp and deadly. The blade's ricasso is surrounded by a beautifully engrav...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1453467 (stock #ES1102)
Antique, 18th century, circa 1750 AD, good quality Islamic Indo - Persian all-steel gunpowder priming flask.

The priming flask is made of several separate elements of hand-forged solid steel, a crescent shape swelling steel body made of two parts soldered together and fitted with a pierced steel base and spring cot. The tap fitted with a stylized bird over the nozzle.

Mounted with two pierced suspension loops and adorned with two elaborately shaped and pierced hinged panels.

CONDITI...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Pre 1900 item #1454769 (stock #ES1108)
Antique, Chinese Qing dynasty period (1644 -1912) large bronze processional elaborate polearm halberd head called a jǐ (戟) constructed of several separate bronze elements joined together.

A large, handmade, central leaf shape blade chiseled with a floral design and flanked by two crescentic blades is inserted and secured with solder in an elaborate socket.

The socket comprises two elements: a turned-on lathe baluster shape socket and the cast and hand-chiseled finial in the shape ...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Edged Weapons : Pre 1900 item #1453470 (stock #ES1103)
Exquisite gold damascened antique, 18th-19th century, Indo - Persian Islamic axe, entirely made of well hand-forged steel, including a large crescent-shaped blade, decorated on each side with hand-chiseled cartouches with Arabic "nasta'liq"calligraphy among scrolled arabesques and highlighted by a gold koftgari inlay including the edges of the blade.

The protruding rear-hammer and central block are also chiseled with calligraphic scripts and highlighted in gold koftgari (worn) and surmount...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #913433 (stock #E409)
Authentic antique Medieval early 16th century armor parts, two lames formed of hand forged steel plates; each pierced with holes and slots for suspension with recessed ridges. One of the lame retaining its original rosette headed rivets.
MEASUREMENTS: Overall length: 19.5 cm (7 ¾ in). Height: 6 cm (2 3/8 in) and another one 18.5 cm (7 ¼ in). Height: 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in).


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All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1276103 (stock #ES705)
Rare, antique, 19th century, Central Asian Islamic Turkoman Tekke horse jewellery, silver-mounted leather, horse trapping Neckband. The upper surface decorated and constructed of 6 rows of small continuous interlocking silver plaques riveted to the leather, enclosed by silver bars at the ends. The central Shaped shield enriched with large oval carnelians stone, extremely well made by Turkmen silversmith.

This Type of horse jewelry was very expensive and exclusively aff...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1453471 (stock #ES1106)
Pair of antique, 17th – 18th century, Islamic, Turkish Ottoman stirrups of a characteristic form, beautifully hand made of russet iron with a curved base plate, flanked by shaped sides rising towards the arch and finishing with a loop, the surface enriched with linear ornaments made of copper alloy and adorned with white metal studs.

DIMENSIONS: Approximately

Length: 18.7 cm (7.36 inches)

Width: 13.7cm (5.39 inches)

Height: 18 cm (7.09 inches)

REFERENCES: Similar Otto...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1450427 (stock #E934)
An ornate antique, 19th century, Balkan - Greek, silver-plated, brass gun powder flask of flattened spherical form made of several separate elements of cast brass fused together.

The front and back are formed of two ornate convex medallions, adorned at the top with two dragon heads with open jaws and topped in the middle by the cherub heads.

The sides are applied with chain suspension mounts in the form of cherub heads.

The bottom sides are applied with double-headed crowned Gree...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1488687 (stock #D291)
A pair of antique Brazilian parade children’s stirrups from the beginning of the 20th century, silver plated on copper in the Spanish colonial conquistador manner in the form of slippers. This shape protects the rider's feet from injury. Each stirrup is made of separate elements joined together, including soles; the top part is finely hand engraved with an ornate floral pattern and fitted with a riveted band rising to the sturdy loop for suspension. Sometimes, people call them "wall pocket sti...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1435472 (stock #E894)
A rare and complete ensemble of antique, late 16th- early 17th Century, European, most likely German, wrought iron horse curb bit with a leather harness. DETAILS: superbly hand-forged, made of iron curb bit mouthpiece bar with articulated, u-shaped port, three rings on one side, and one ring on the other side. Elaborated side cheek-pieces of excellent and precise wrought ironwork in characteristic form, shaped in the middle of the shanks with stylized lion's heads and affixed with two slobbe...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Pre 1900 item #1454896 (stock #ES1113)
Antique early 19th century or earlier Islamic Turkish Ottoman bronze hawking drum known as Nakare. A squat domed form body with square lug finial pierced with a hole for suspension rope, engraved with decorative concentric bands. It is also engraved with an Arabic script that runs around the outer half of the drum, “Syed Mahmoud, Son of Syed Lesa” and the Hijri date 1232 (circa 1816 AD).

It is possible that the inscription was engraved for the new owner, and the drum is much older.

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All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1451873 (stock #ES1044)
An antique 18th – 19th century Indo Persian Islamic shield (Dhal Separ). Made of well hand hammered solid steel of circular convex form, damascened in silver and gold koftgari with four tall pitchers and two swords amongst gold inlaid stars.

An extreme edge reinforced by an applied brass band. The center is decorated by a rosette surrounded by four domed bosses, with bolts on the back for a rope (to hold the shield). The rim of the shield is appliquéd by a broad reinforcing band with a s...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1389978 (stock #ES864)
A pair of antique, 18th century,circa 1700-1800 A.D. Islamic Turkish Ottoman Tombak Stirrups, comprising two stirrups, each with the convex and flaring rectangular base with foliate sides and arched cross bar with elliptical suspension loop, the exterior side panels chased and engraved with a floral wreath. The stirrups are made of copper alloy and they were previously gold gild (the gold gilding is completely worn). 

This type of the Turkish Ottoman stirrups has been used by high ranking...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1480827 (stock #E1011)
Antique, European gunpowder flask in a characteristic flattened form from the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries for a matchlock or wheel lock gun.

It consists of a curved pressed cow horn body with beveled edges and a wooden buttplate fitted with an oval iron plate secured with a brass domed pin. The brass upper plate is attached to the horn body by four iron pins and equipped with a tapered brass tubular pouring spout with an iron turn-off closure.

This early form of closure system ...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1445246 (stock #ES1017)
Antique, 19th century, Indo-Persian, Northern Indian, Islamic or Sikh shield Dhal of circular convex form with upturned rim, made of hand-hammered solid brass elaborately hand-chiseled with figures of various animals and humans among the profusely chiseled foliate patterns.

The front is set with a crescent moon and four domed bosses, affixed on the reverse by four ring bolts for straps (to hold the shield).

MEASUREMENTS: Diameter: 32 cm (12.6 inches)

CONDITION: It is in good cond...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Decorations : Pre 1900 item #1124083 (stock #E519)
Antique 19th century small bronze half relief sculpture of Napoleon Bonaparte in a standing pose with crossed arms, wearing his famous hat and a uniform of the Colonel of Chasseurs Cheval de la Garde Imperial. Mounted on its original rectangular weighted bronze base.
MEASUREMENTS: 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in) Tall inclusive.
CONDITION: Nice dark brown patina, and good signs of age and usage.

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All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1387310 (stock #EA259)
Antique 19th century American frontiers powder horn, made of hollowed–out horn of Bison/Buffalo with black painted oval wood base secured with small domed metal pins, fitted on the center with an iron loop for suspension. The mouth is with its timber stopper. 

CONDITION: Overall in fine condition with smooth toned grey-black surfaces, retains an untouched lovely aged patina. The suspension cord was a later replacement. The round black spot on the horn is left by a paper inventory sticke...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Decorations : Pre 1900 item #1459440 (stock #BNJasheButto)
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Civil War Union General staff button by Scovill of Waterbury, CT. In the 2006 appraisal there is an attached note that read, "Josephine, a button from the Confederate uniform from father S. A. Ashe." This Josephine was Sam Ashe's (S. A. Ashe) sister. William Shepard Ashe, whose button this belonged to, was Secretary of Transportation for the CSA. Appraised in 2006 for insurance purposes, see photo. This button is from the original family and is the first time on the market. Guaranteed authent...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Decorations : Pre 1900 item #1436090 (stock #E910)
Antique circa 1900 A.D. oval plaque with prince Jozef Poniatowski made of bronzed white metal on the 200th anniversary of the death of Prince Józef Poniatowski, commander-in-chief of the Polish Army of the Duchy of Warsaw and Marshal of the First French Empire (1763-1813), he died at the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig in 1813. Prince Józef Poniatowski is depicted wearing the uniform of a division Duchy of Warsaw, with general epaulets, and he wears the Virtuti Militari Cross, I Class Brea...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Decorations : Pre 1900 item #1346966 (stock #E777)
Antique 18th century large silver pendent or order? Extremely well made of fine filigree work in the form of the crowned double headed imperial eagle (possibly Russian or Austrian) with an integral suspension loop, the obverse adorned at the center with a small gold medallion depicting the charging Knight (Saint George?). Reverse side of the eagle is set on the chest with a large dark blue cabochon paste. 

CONDITION: In very good condition with nice old patina. 

MEASUREMENTS:

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1397131 (stock #ES917)
Antique 18th century Islamic Mughal Warrior's Saddle of characteristic form from North-West India or Sindh-Pakistan. Details: The wooden frame cantle extending over to the rear and projecting to the frontal high arch pommel, reinforced with iron mounts and covered with brass sheets, riveted with iron studs and adorned with peacocks and fish.

CONDITION: Sign of usage and wear, iron mounting rusty, split in the wood cantle. Please look closely at the pictures - they are an important part o...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Pre 1900 item #1477659 (stock #E997)
Antique, late 16th century, European gunpowder flask for matchlock or wheel lock gun in characteristic flattened form.

It is composed of a curved pressed cow horn body, fitted with a brass buttplate cut with scalloped edges and engraved at the bottom with floral scrolls. The brass upper mount is also cut with scalloped edges, pierced with hearts, and engraved with a wavy pattern at the top. The tapered brass tubular pouring spout is engraved with rings and affixed with an iron turn-off cl...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Edged Weapons : Pre 1900 item #1488695 (stock #E1008)
Antique 16th century European large boar spear - pike head, extremely well made of hand forged steel, with a broad leaf-shaped blade with a strongly pronounced medial ridge on each side, extending down a tapered tubular socket and struck with the maker's mark on one side and pierced with two holes for the pins to be fastened to the wooden pole.

The boar spear name referred to a polearm with a broad leaf-shaped blade with a strongly pronounced medial ridge. This type of spear was used from t...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Edged Weapons : Pre 1900 item #1483376 (stock #ES1208)
Antique late 19th century Islamic, North African Maghrebi, "Arabic Moroccan dagger Jambiya Koummya." A curved tapering double-edged steel blade with, stamped on the ricasso makers mark in the form of the flower head. A wooden grip of characteristic form, enclosed in low-grade silver alloy chiseled with arabesques. low-grade silver alloy scabbard, chiseled with and foliage and arabesques.

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1. A similar Moroccan koummya Jambiya is published in the book Les Armes Blanches du Mo...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Edged Weapons : Pre 1900 item #1469458 (stock #ES1155)
Antique Islamic, Yemeni, Arab dagger, Khanjar Jambiya with a belt, 19th century, Yemen.

A tribal pattern is engraved on a shaped hilt made of two sheets of low-grade silver alloy, which are bounded in the middle by an embossed brass strap.

The outer side and the pommel are ornamented with embossed brass rosettes, and the base is mounted in the embossed iron ferrule.

Jambiya is mounted with a broad, slightly curved, double-edged blade formed with a pronounced medial ridge on each ...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1451601 (stock #ES1027)
Spectacular antique 19th century Indo Persian Brass shield possibly, from Gujarat, North-West India. The shield of the circular convex form made of solid brass with applied bosses and a crescent moon. Finely hand repoussé and chiseled in low relief with winged figures on dense and a classical Indian hunting scene (shikargah), depicting lions hunting antelopes and elephants on the floral ground, affixed on the reverse by four ring-bolts for straps (to hold the shield).

MEASUREMENTS: Diame...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Edged Weapons : Pre 1900 item #1455230 (stock #ES1100)
A very rare and important antique, circa 1850 -1920 AD, museum-quality Islamic Middle Eastern - Arabian, Arab sword "Saif" in the form of the Indo-Persian saber shamshir in a characteristic Arab style.

The sword is mounted in solid 22k gold.

A hilt comprises a grip with camel bone grip scales, enclosed by solid gold straps and wrapped in a solid gold wire at the base, rising to a solid gold cup-pommel, jeweled with faceted synthetic ruby stone.

Solid silver crossguard with bud-s...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Accessories : Pre 1900 item #1129204 (stock #M163)
This Ethnic Minority Chinese arm guard was formed using elephant hide leather. There is a slit running down the side which permit the guard to expand when being put on or removed. The ethnic minority Chinese were in frequent conflicts and wars with their Han neighbors. This arm guard is from the Yi ethnic minority group. It shows the wear and tear of use...
All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Pre 1900 item #1413742 (stock #EA269)
Authentic antique 18th century, Revolutionary war period, American rifleman's powder horn, ca. 1770-1780; made of a hollowed-out cow horn, with oval wood base secured with small wood pins ended with carved nozzle wrapped in thread.

CONDITION: In its original condition with a superb mellow old patina, an old crack in the nozzle. Please see the photos as they are a part of the description.

MEASUREMENTS: The overall length is approximately: 22 cm (8.66 inches).

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All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Edged Weapons : Pre 1900 item #1454894 (stock #ES1112)
Antique 18th -19th century, Chinese or Vietnamese, large combat polearm partisan in the form of the spear or lance.

A leaf-shaped blade made of hand-forged iron with a visible forge layered lamination structure, engraved on both sides with scrolled decorations. The long stout tang with a faceted block is fitted into its original red lacquered bamboo pole (shortened) with a large, ribbed bronze ferrule.

These types of spears of identical forms were used in China and Vietnam. So, in many ...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Edged Weapons : Pre 1900 item #1441144 (stock #ES993)
Pair of antique 18-19th century Islamic Ottoman North Africa, Arab iron prick spurs, entirely formed of hand forged iron with U-shaped heel bands with slotted rectangular terminals formed with a tall rectangular loop in the center, moulded necks and characteristically long spikes, surface inlaid with silver koftgari interlaced scrolling foliage.

Approximate measurements: Overall length: 29.5 cm (11.61 inches) and the second spur measure 28 cm (11.02 inches).

CONDITION: Showing age an...

All Items : Popular Collectibles : Militaria : Edged Weapons : Pre 1900 item #1490087 (stock #ES1186)
A very important Royal Islamic Indian personal short sword, Talwar - Tulwar, owned by King Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar Shah (1769-1827), the Nawab of Oudh (Awadh), early 19th century (circa 1818).

Link to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazi-ud-Din_Haidar_Shah

The right side of the blade is decorated with an intricate and exquisite gold inlay at the base, depicting the Royal Emblem of The Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar Shah, the Nawab of Oudh (Awadh). The elaborate emblem is composed of a roy...