Antique Arms, Armor and related items
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FINE FRENCH PRISONER OF WAR BASKET
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Pre 1837 VR item# 752731 (stock# wint06-640)
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Faganarms Inc.
586-465-4637
$115
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From 1797 to 1814, French prisoners were housed at Norman Cross, near Peterborough, England. To relieve boredom and improve their quality of life, they were allowed to produce items from the materials they had at hand and sell them in a market adjacent to the prison, established for that purpose. Items of every description, from simple book marks to large scale model battleships were produced. Owing to the available of straw, items made from it were particularly popular. Few made of straw on ...click for details
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FINE FRENCH PRISONER OF WAR BASKET
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Pre 1837 VR item# 752729 (stock# wint06-639)
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Faganarms Inc.
586-465-4637
$105
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From 1797 to 1814, French prisoners were housed at Norman Cross, near Peterborough, England. To relieve boredom and improve their quality of life, they were allowed to produce items from the materials they had at hand and sell them in a market adjacent to the prison, established for that purpose. Items of every description, from simple book marks to large scale model battleships were produced. Owing to the available of straw, items made from it were particularly popular. Few made of straw on ...click for details
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FINE FRENCH PRISONER OF WAR BASKET
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Pre 1837 VR item# 752726 (stock# wint06-638)
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Faganarms Inc.
586-465-4637
$175
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From 1797 to 1814, French prisoners were housed at Norman Cross, near Peterborough, England. To relieve boredom and improve their quality of life, they were allowed to produce items from the materials they had at hand and sell them in a market adjacent to the prison, established for that purpose. Items of every description, from simple book marks to large scale model battleships were produced. Owing to the available of straw, items made from it were particularly popular. Few made of straw on ...click for details
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FINE FRENCH PRISONER OF WAR BASKET
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Pre 1837 VR item# 752725 (stock# wint06-637)
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Faganarms Inc.
586-465-4637
$265
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From 1797 to 1814, French prisoners were housed at Norman Cross, near Peterborough, England. To relieve boredom and improve their quality of life, they were allowed to produce items from the materials they had at hand and sell them in a market adjacent to the prison, established for that purpose. Items of every description, from simple book marks to large scale model battleships were produced. Owing to the available of straw, items made from it were particularly popular. Few made of straw on ...click for details
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SPANISH BILBO BROADSWORD C.1750
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Pre 1800 item# 771661 (stock# unc-bilbo)
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Faganarms Inc.
586-465-4637
$1850
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Classic example as served in Colonial America, the Caribbean and the Spanish Main. As illustrated in all the standard texts including Neumann 296.S and Spanish Military Weapons in Colonial America pl. 146-8 and the original regulation drawings, pl.145. Iron hilt with line edged double lobed bowl guard. Angled recurved cross guard and mushroom form pommel. Wire wrapped grip with four vertical bars. 35 1/8” d.e. blade with maker’s or arsenal mark of tongs to the reverse. Untouched condition with o ...click for details
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2 ANTIQUE CIVIL WAR TOBACCO PACKETS
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Pre 1800 item# 708040 (stock# tob-34)
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Faganarms Inc.
586-465-4637
$10.00
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About two years ago, we obtained a previously overlooked hoard of tobacco and smoking items. Descended in the family of an employee of the Scotten Dillon Co. of Detroit, the items have now been revealed to be unissued Civil War production. The Scotten Dillon Company was founded in 1856 and flourished when the Civil War created a demand for packaged tobacco and inexpensive smoking accessories. They produced smoking and chewing tobacco under several brand names as well as producing and packaging t ...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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Faganarms Inc.
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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AN ITALIAN CABASSET C.1580-1600.
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Pre 1700 item# 759782 (stock# spr08-424)
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Faganarms Inc.
586-465-4637
$3350
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From a group which appeared on the market about 20 years ago, many, including this one, with the arsenal mark of the Barberini family. The Barberinis supplied the armor for the papal army in the late 16th century, a period fraught with anarchy and bandits and direct attacks on papal territories by Parma. The close association led to Maffeo Barberini becoming Pope Urban VIII. His brother, Taddeo, was made Supreme Commander of the Papal Army. The helmets, were from the papal armory and served ...click for details
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