A very good quality antique Islamic large Indo-Persian dagger pesh-kabz from the 18th century, Mughal India, North India, Karud.
The steel blade is single-edged, straight, sturdy, and of "T" shape cross-section. It gradually tapers from the hilt to the point and has an engraved wide rib at the back with scrolls.
The elaborate design of arabesques is chiseled on both sides of the forte within the shaped panel...
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...
Antique, Japanese large sword guard Tsuba for samurai sword Katana Signed Nobuie (Nobu Iye)
DETAILS: A well hand forged very masculine tsuba made of thick and heavy large iron “Kaku Gata” plate with unregular raised rim (Mimi) hammered with wavy outline. Surface pierced with Kozuka and Kogai hitsu-ana Kogai and plugged with blackened copper pegs.
DIMENSIONS: 72 mm x 69 mm...
Antique, late 18th century, Austrian silver mounted hunting sword with a straight broad tapering blade, double-edged towards the tip, cut on each side with a shallow fuller and a slender fuller, along the back-edge, engraved and gilded with foliage, trophies, and a stag on a blued panel (worn) at the forte. The silver hilt comprises a crossguard made of solid silver with a pair of straight faceted quillons and an oval silver collar...
Antique late 18th-early 19th-century American gilt bronze and blackened desk letter wax seals handle in typical American federal style manner. The handle is composed of solid blackened bronze orb adorned with two American Bald eagles with large spread wings, clutching a bundle of arrows in its left talon, and an olive branch in its right talon, together symbolizing that the United States has "a strong desire for peace, but will always be ready for war...
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...
Antique American Civil War "Staff & Field" officers’ sword with the owner's name "W. Taylor." engraved on the scabbard locket.
This sword pattern, known as the 1850 US Foot Staff & Field Officers Sword, was designed on the French Model 1845 Infantry Officer's Sword and was adopted by the US Army in 1850 as the standard sword for all staff officers and the field officers, infantry, artillery, and riflemen...
Antique 16th-century European large boar spear-pike head, exceptionally 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 term "boar spear" denotes a polearm with a wide, leaf-shaped blade with a prominent ridge running down the center...
Antique late 19th century Imperial German shoulder epaulette for a lieutenant in the field.
Copper half-moon, with elaborate copper "19" numerals, with woven metallic bullion edge "tape", padded red cloth base, and underside with stitched buttonhole.
CONDITION: Showing age and usage, metal parts with old patina, fabric stained with wear, and few small holes (I am not sure they are a moth)...
One dozen, 92 grams of dark metal eagle WWI or WWII World War, 1 1/8" uniform buttons by: Horstmann, Scovill, Myers, Liebmann, American Co, City Works. Officer? Army? Bronze? p-bo-f-e.
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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...
Rare antique 17th or early 18th century Islamic Mughal India Indo – Persian sword Indian shamshir...
Antique 16th century Central European large sturdy very well hand forged steel battle axe head with very sharp, oblique cutting edge, large oval eye, and flat rectangular poll. Struck on one side with a maker's mark and adorned with engraved pattern and stamped with circular eyes.
CONDITION: In its original condition, age and usage are showing, slightly pitted.
MEASUREMENTS:
Height: 22 cm (8.66 inches).
Width: 20 cm (7.87 inches).
Very good quality antique Indo-Persian Islamic Mughal Indian large dagger Pesh Kabz, North India 18th century...
Antique 18th-century circa 1730 A.D. Polish hunting sword (Cuttoe - Hanger) Blade superbly, engraved with the Crowned Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth coat of arms...
Antique,18th -19th century, Chinese or Vietnamese, large combat polearm, halberd, trident, spear.
The massive trident is made of hand-forged iron with a visible forged structure of layered lamination...
German porcelain well modelled bust of French Napoleon marshal Joachim Murat, brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte, King of Naples and Grand Duke of Berg (1767-1815) wearing his famous fantasy costume base marked in cobalt blue with crown "K" .The Porzellanmanufaktur Rudolf Kämmer, Rudolstadt-Volkstedt .
CONDITION: in excellent condition, with no chips, cracks or repairs...
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...
Mounted model of a United States Air Force F-100 Super Saber Jet, on original base, with decals, dedicated to crew member 1966.
Measures: 11" from tail to tip of metal mount on front, is 7 3/8" wide and is 7 5/8" high on stand.
This original model has a metal saber mounted on the front, and is very sleek in design, no cut out cockpit, just the simple form. The base is the original one, and is inscribed to a crew member of this particular jet, likely in Vietnam, given the dates of 1966.
The p...
Very scarce, fine quality, antique 17th century, Crimean Tatar Islamic helmet "Misiurka” from the Crimean Tatar Khanate (Qırım Hanlığı, قرم خانلغى or Qırım Yurtu, قرم يورتى) Giray Dynasty period.
This helmet in the form of the Turkish Ottoman Sipahi (سپاهی) cavalry helmets with a plain shallow domed skull is formed of three plates; a central steel plate covered on the top with a worn sheet of gilt silver with slightly visible remains of the gold ...
Antique, French Napoleonic from the beginning of the 19th century, around 1815, circular snuff box made of pressed burr maple and lined with a horn.
The detachable cover is decorated with an equestrian battle scene, depicting Prince Józef Poniatowski riding his horse into Elster River during the Battle of Leipzig.
Prince Józef Antoni Poniatowski was a Polish leader, general, minister of war, and army chief who became Marshal of the French Empire was killed while crossing the river El...
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.
MEASUREMENTS: overall length: ...
The front of the USAF Air crew member wing design depicts an eagle carrying arrows and olive brances in its talons. The center of the Air Crew Member design is necely detailed and has light wear on some of the highlights from handling. The front of the wings have a dark grey6 patina. The backside has an overall dark tarnished finish. It is hallmarked Sterling in raised letters and has a double clutch backs attaching pins.Circa 1944-1945
Antique 17th -18th century, Islamic Turkish Ottoman gold gilt copper “Tombak” stirrup comprising a convex and flaring rectangular base with foliate sides and arched crossbar with elliptical suspension loop, and the original leather strap.
The exterior side panels with scrolled borders, finely hand chased and engraved with flower heads and stylized foliage.
High-ranking officials of the Ottoman army used this type of Turkish Ottoman stirrups. These stirrups are rare and important ...
BRASS ENGINEER MILITIA BADGE FROM THE REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA....similar to the artillery helmet plates but no cannon underneath,as well as a 19thc Eglish brass lion" THE KINGS OWN" now mounted as a pin , this was most likley from a helmut. The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) was a regiment of the British Army. It officially existed from 1881 to 1968, but its predecessors go back to 1755. The regiment's traditions and history are now maintained by The Rifles size
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.
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...
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...
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...
Excellent quality, semi-Antique, South American, Argentinian cowboy's Gaucho, knife/dagger "FACON" from, the mid-20th century or earlier, with a very sharp 17.5 cm long steel blade, the cutting edge 5.5 cm from the point is serrated.
The blade is finely etched on both sides with gauchos and cattle.
The handle is made of natural deer antler with silver alpaca pommel adorned with a finely repousse and engraved with foliage. The handle is nicely profiled for grasping ability and fits the hand ver...
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...
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...
Superb quality antique late 18th – early 19th century silver-mounted Turkish Ottoman (possibly Balkan) Islamic sword Shamshir with exceptionally well made curved sturdy single-edged blade, hand-forged of Damascus steel wootz with a fine sham pattern.
The entire mountings, including grip, crossguard, and the scabbard with two large suspension mounts, are made of solid silver. Entirely worked in repousse and are finely hand chased in low relief with scrolling foliage of rococo shells and fl...
Antique 19th-century Mongolian dagger-knife with a slightly curved single-edged–fullered, sturdy blade.
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 dagger comes with its original hand-stitched leather scabbard.
MEASUREMENTS:
Overall length with the scabbard: 32 cm (12.6 inches).
Overall length without scabbard: 32 cm (12.6 inches).
CONDITION...
Rare.
"God Bless Our Heroes"
"Three Cheers for the Red White and Blue"
Condition: some beads missing but otherwise in exceptionally good condition for it's age
Height: 16 cm / 6.25 inches
Weight: 1.19 kg / 2 lb 10 oz
Antique, 19th century, Islamic Caucasian Circassian saddle in Kabardian form, consists of a wooden frame, cantle extending over to the rear and projecting to the frontal high arch pommel, covered overall in leather partly painted in red and black and highlighted in white. On one side of the saddle is punched N6 and also some inscription.
The Circassian saddle is unique in its construction and very light compared to the other saddles by its construction and is giving the rider comfort and st...
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...
Antique, Second Half of the 16th Century, circa 1570 A.D. from Renaissance period time, European halberd with a large steelhead with a sturdy and long spike of diamond-shaped cross-section, a robust crescentic axe-blade pierced by two groups of three dots, a downturned rear-fluke pierced with a group of five dots. There are worn-out marks on the middle rib of the halberd's head, which are probably the remains of the armor's mark (please see the seventh photo in the listing).
Open socket ext...
A very rare large antique TIBETAN SWORD with silver, iron and shagreen skin on the sheath. Intricately and beautifully decorated with a Taotie Mask, Deer, Tigers, a Phoenix and a Dragon on one side, while the other has detailed scrolling, foliage and a copper buckle for attaching. Size: L. 19.5", blade alone 14" (L. 49.5 cm., blade alone 36 cm.). RARE Collector's item!
Quirky set of Tibetan tools/utensils in copper and shagreen sheath. The blades and other bits are good quality steel with good bone handles. Possibly a surgeons or dentists set, I honestly don’t know- there are no chopsticks or forks, as is typical, so I don’t think these were used for eating. The knife has a good edge, this will clean up with a bit of baking powder and effort. All pieces in good condition and functional. Old circa 19th CE. See scale in last enlargement.
SOLD Antique late 19th century Imperial German - the Kingdom of Württemberg, shoulder epaulet for a lieutenant in the field artillery regiment King Karl (1st Württembergisches) No. 13, location Ulm / Stuttgart. Copper half-moon, with elaborate copper "13" numerals, with woven metallic bullion edge "tape", padded red cloth base, and underside with stitched buttonhole.
CONDITION: Showing age and usage, upper side fabric stained, with wear, metal parts with old patina, underside cloth stain...
Rare antique 19th century Transcaucasian Russian Kuban or Don Cossack, scabbard, and Belt for Dagger Kindjal. DETAILS: leather-bound wooden scabbard adorned on the center with diamond shape dear bone plaque and mounted with a silvered copper chape and upper mount with the loop for suspension. The scabbard is with its original leather belt with dear bone stripes mounts. One of the small rectangular bone panels on the belt is engraved with interlocking Cyrillic initials "AK." Bone stripes decorati...
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...
A superb quality antique 19th century Spanish hunting plug bayonet with sturdy, tapering, double-edged blade of a waving (flamboyant) form, with a finely engraved band of foliage on each side.
A turned hardwood grip of a tapering circular section surmounted by a brass pommel, brass ferrule below turned swelling handle at the base and a horizontal brass crossguard with elaborate quillons.
This plug bayonet was designed and used for hunting wild boars and bears.
CONDITION: In good co...
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.
REFERENCES: A similar Flask is published in the Sotheby’s catalog: The Turkish Sale London, 17 October, 199...
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...
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).
REFERENCES: F...
Antique GILE short sword-dagger from the Afar tribe in Ethiopia, dating back to the 19th century. The massive blade is double-edged and curved, resembling an asymmetrical leaf.
The grip is wrapped with silver wire and adorned with iron rosettes. The pommel is bronze with a cap-like protrusion.
The scabbard is made of hardened rawhide with a fur flap. The bottom is wrapped in silver wire and features a shaped brass chape. The sheath retains its belt with a rectangular white metal buckle...
This is an original WWII US ARMY AIR CORPS A-2 FLIGHT JACKET, size 40, worn by K. E. Holmes (his name written on the leather name tag right above the 9TH FIGHTER SQUADRON patch on the left side of the jacket. The 9th Fighter Squadron belonged to the 49TH FIGHTER GROUP, 5TH US AIR FORCE. The inside of the jacket has the original manufacturer label that specifies A.A. F. contract No. W535-AC-27753, that, according to US Army Corps records, was assigned to THE CABLE RAINCOAT CO., on 29-APR-42...
A very good quality antique, late 19th century North African, Sudanese Islamic, Mahdist warrior, arm dagger with scabbard, from the Mahdist War period (a revolutionary insurrection against the British colonial rule in Sudan, which took place in 1881-1899). Fur / Nuba / Bedja / Barabra / Hadendoa.
It was called the Mahdist War since the Sudanese leader Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah (محمد أحمد ابن عبد الله) 1848-85 proclaimed himself " Mahdi of Islam" (the "Guided One").
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 ...
Description: A very well made example of typical form, the pommel and scabbard of figured hardwood, the mounts of silver and parcel gilt. The
handforged blade of straight, double-edged type with central grooves, highly polished. Late 19th century. Overall length 32.5 cm. and in great
condition.
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...
Antique 19th century Victorian period time European stiletto dagger in Neo-Renaissance style. The stiletto consists of an elaborated cast and chiseled, silver-plated copper hilt in Neo-Renaissance style with a flattened grip, short quillons, and a pronounced pommel.
The sturdy, tapered, double-edged steel blade of a diamond cross-section has a very sharp point. The dagger is signed illegibly on ricasso by the maker, possibly in the Cyrillic alphabet.
The casting is of very good quality,...
