Antique 17th century Turkish Ottoman Silver Mounted Sword Karabela | Bruckmann Silver 'Alpaka' Cup from Hermann Goring's Dining Wagon 241 | Antique Gold Mounted Arab Islamic Arabian Sword Saif Shamshir |
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CONDITION: in excellent condition, with no chips, cracks or repairs...
The "cartoon" style drawings are curiously romanticised - I speculate, either to escape from the well documented brutal reality of camp conditions or it may have been produced, for propaganda purposes, under pressure from their concentration camp commanders...
The slender hilt consists of ox-horn grip scales enclosed by brass straps, a brass pommel, ferrule, and rosettes. The pommel is affixed with an iron ring for suspension...
The sturdy, tapered, double-edged steel blade of a diamond cross-section has a very sharp point...
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 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...
CONDITION: In very good untouched condition, s...
The blades appear from a short tang, split into three branches, forming a trident blade. The branches are decorated with punched designs.
These types of Tridents of identical form were used in China and Vietnam...
The dagger has a long, curved, double-edged, sturdy steel blade with a medial ridge.
The hilt is made of one piece of horn and has an elegant design. It is carved with a central knob and a typical hooked pommel that is decorated with a silver domed rosette...
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...