Antique Arms, Armor and related items
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EXTREMELY RARE VIKING SPEAR HEAD C.900-1000 AD.
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Pre 1492 item# 745115 (stock# 208-144)
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$1650 Sale Price-$1320
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8 1/4” length of distinctive form with diamond section “bodkin” form point made to penetrate mail above a pair of sharp flesh cutting flanges to inflict massive trauma once the armor was breached. Excellent excavated condition with fine original profile except for damage to the edge of the closed seam conical socket. A few pock marks and scattered pitting, but significant original surfaces remaining. See frojel.com, Gotland Artifacts, page 52, center for a near identical example excavated a ...click for details
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18TH CENTURY INDOPERSIAN HORSEMAN’S SWORD.
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Pre 1900 item# 759732 (stock# spr08-401)
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586-465-4637
$625 Sale Price-$500
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Iron hilt decorated overall with silver koftgari in a lattice with crosses at the intersections pattern. 31 3/4” flat sided blade with beveled edge and central fuller, curved with raised false edge. Original tooled ass skin covered scabbard with back seam stitched with silver wire. Hilt show uniform dark stable surface patina. Silver about 70% intact. Blade shows smooth mottled gray patina. Scabbard complete with its tip mount. The throat with some splinters and leather lacking at the te ...click for details
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A EUROPEAN LOBSTERTAIL HELMET C.1630-50
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Pre 1700 item# 734557 (stock# 08-129)
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586-465-4637
$5950
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This extraordinary helmet is distinguished by its original finish which is preserved throughout. It was likely produced for service in the 30 Years War then served again in the English Civil War as a great many did. It has been in England for as long as can be determined. The surface is a uniform brown color as is produced from faded blue suggesting that it was blued overall originally. The material is rolled steel and skull bears the original hammer marks on the exterior, necessary to produ ...click for details
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A FINE ENGLISH PIKEMAN’S BREASTPLATE C.1640
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Pre 1700 item# 734486 (stock# 08-132)
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586-465-4637
$4250
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English Civil War period. Heavy iron, forged from a single plate with medial ridge terminating in a peak ate the bottom. Broad rounded flared skirt and rolled thickened edges at the arms. Raised rolled edge neck. Two mushroom head studs for the backplate straps. Single incised line decoration bordering the neck and arm openings. Untouched with virtually 100% original black textured finish which acted both as a preservative and to provide a degree of cushioning. That surface very likely co ...click for details
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A FINE EUROPEAN SIEGE WEIGHT BREASTPLATE C.1570
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Pre 1700 item# 759785 (stock# spr08-426)
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586-465-4637
$5900
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In siege warfare, attackers were disadvantaged by position and protective defenses. That necessitated increased bodily protection. As the amount of armor a man was capable of wearing was limited by its weight, the protection was concentrated in the vital areas, the helmet to protect the head and the breastplate to protect the vital organs. This breastplate provided that latter protection. It is especially finely made with thick forward rolled neck and arm borders and a medial ridge peaked ab ...click for details
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A VENETIAN SCHIAVONA C.1650-80
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Pre 1700 item# 745177 (stock# 208-205)
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586-465-4637
$8800-SOLD
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Forge iron basket hilt of Oakeshott Type 2. Bronze pommel with high relief concentric stud motif. Side seamed leather grip. Fine 32 7/8” double edged blade engraved with bunched foliage over a cross with a large cabalistic inscription below and maker’s mark to the reverse. Cabalistic inscriptions are not uncommon on the blades of 17th century swords, but seldom occupy more than a small panel among the decoration. On this blade, the inscription is the dominant feature. Comprised of a mystic ...click for details
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CLASSIC NEOLITHIC ADZ.
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Pre 1940 item# 708031 (stock# 907-770)
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586-465-4637
$145
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The rebuilding of Germany and its economy under the crushing terms of the Treaty of Versailles which ended World War I, brought with it a sense of unity and nationalism. Unification was less than 50 year old and Germans referred to themselves by their individual racial heritage, a practice still popular in places, such as the Swabian south. The need for common ancestors, (and if they be created, why not a super race) manifested itself in many ways. A particularly curious one was the creation, ...click for details
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CLASSIC NEOLITHIC BATTLE AXE.
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Pre 1940 item# 708033 (stock# 907-772)
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Faganarms Inc.
586-465-4637
$195
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The rebuilding of Germany and its economy under the crushing terms of the Treaty of Versailles which ended World War I, brought with it a sense of unity and nationalism. Unification was less than 50 year old and Germans referred to themselves by their individual racial heritage, a practice still popular in places, such as the Swabian south. The need for common ancestors, (and if they be created, why not a super race) manifested itself in many ways. A particularly curious one was the creation, ...click for details
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