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Click here to subscribeA RARE SECOND WORLD WAR GERMAN MODEL 1937 N.S.F.K. SERVICE DAGGER (FLYER'S KNIFE) by SMF, Solingen, the blade bearing etched maker's mark at the ricasso, with blue leather covered grip and scabbard and plated fittings, the down-swept hilt numbered underneath 'TS1 - 314', complete with its original hanger.
A kudi (dagger) dating: 19th Century provenance: Giava Interesting, single -and false-edged, pamor blade, pierced at the base and the back; wooden grip sculpted with tiger (harimu); wooden scabbard sculpted with a tiger, a tiger paw at the chape. Kudi blades used to be attributed with magic powers. dimensions: length 41 cm.
A rare Atayal sabre dating: late 19th Century provenance: Taiwan Strong, curved, flat, single-edged blade, worked in one piece with the hollow, tapering grip (can be mounted on a pole), pommel with rattan binding. Wooden scabbard (restored tip), opened on a side and held together by several, iron brackets in order to keep the blade in. dimensions: length 65 cm.
An infantry sabre with bayonet dating: first quarter of the 19th Century provenance: England Sabre with slightly curved blade, grooved, with the crowned mark "3"; solid brass hilt with three-loop guard, spherical pommel and twisted grip. Socket bayonet marked "3 C 69". Together in a leather scabbard with shoulder strap. dimensions: length 78 - 50 cm.
A rare paiwan dagger dating: 19th Century provenance: Taiwan Strong, single-edged blade with a ribbed side and a smooth one; sculpted, wooden grip, lacquered in red and decorated with a brass ring-nut, brass thread and white metallic rivets. Red lacquered wooden scabbard with copper mounts, engraved and embossed with floral motifs, the chape shaped as a stylized face.This weapon was donated by Japanese people, occupying the island from 1895 to 1945, to a chief of Rubai tribe, located in the southern area of Taiwan (Formosa), for his "collaboration". dimensions: length 62 cm.
A basket-hilted officer's broad-sword dating: first quarter of the 19th Century provenance: Scotland Straight, double-edged blade with central groove; gilt brass basket-hilt; wooden grip with fish skin covering and brass wire binding. Leather scabbard with brass mounts. dimensions: length 96 cm.
A yatagan with scabbard dating: 19th Century provenance: Turkey Curved, single -and false-edged blade with rear groove, featuring silver decorations on both sides; iron hilt decorated en suite, grip with horn grip scales, one restored. Wooden scabbard with brass sheet covering, the chaped shaped as a fish head. dimensions: length 70.5 cm.
A hunting hanger with knife and fork dating: 18th Century provenance: Germany Straight, single -and false-edged blade with fuller and rear groove, the first part engraved with deer and floral motifs; brass hilt, the shell-guard decorated with hunter on horseback, hound and wild boar under a mask, at the guard the effigy of a female figure and a small hound at the upper part, quillon-block and cap decorated with deer, hare and fox; horn grip. Lacquered, leather scabbard (damages and parts missing) and cutlery set (knife and fork) with smooth, brass grip. Brass cap with fawn under a tree. dimensions: length 70.5 cm.
A fine silver mounted hunting hanger dating: 18th Century provenance: Germany Straight, single -and false-edged blade with a wide, central fuller and a thin groove at the back, the base engraved with hound, wild boar, deer, heart pierced with arrows and floral motifs; silver hilt, shell-guard decorated with crowned, winged snakes, the remaining surface decorated with floral motifs, ebony grip; wooden scabbard with silver mounts featuring floral motifs. Cap with belt hook. dimensions: length 71.5 cm.
A beautiful hunting knife dating: circa 1800 provenance: France Straight, single-edged blade with remains of engravings at the base; hilt of embossed silver with a small chain, ivory grip. Leather scabbard with silver mounts decorated en suite. Two suspension rings. dimensions: length 47.5 cm.
A plug-in bayonet dating: early 18th Century provenance: Piedmont Straight, single -tip and false-edged blade, engraved with motto "VIVE LE ROY" on both sides; small, brass quillon engraved with dots and a flower at the centre; smooth, brass socket; horn grip (small defects) of typical shape, brass cap. Wooden scabbard with red Moroccan leather covering, with brass cap and chape engraved en suite with the quillon. dimensions: length 50 cm.
A rare engraved dagger dating: 17th Century provenance: Germany Straight, flame-shaped blade, on a side a strong raiser worked with woven chiselling, the tip shaped as an arrow. The quillon as bat wings, with hollow faces engraved with racemes. Bone grip, flat on a side and convex on the other, decorated with engraved effigy of soldiers and flowers within frames, iron cap. Scabbard of bone sectors engraved with floral motifs, with grotesque figures, at the front the high-relieved effigy of a soldier in his armour. Dagger featuring some restorations; with decorations of scarce typology. dimensions: length 51,5 cm.
A dagger decorated with coat of arms and effigy of Kings dating: 19th Century provenance: Poland Straight, double-edged blade with remains of engravings, tang. Bone grip sculpted with the crowned Polish coat of arms. Cylindrical, bone scabbard sculpted with the effigy of four kings between floral motifs, divided by rings decorated with geometrical motifs. dimensions: length 39 cm.
A small-sword dating: 18th Century provenance: Europe Straight blade of triangular section and hollow faces; iron hilt, almost cylindrical sword-shell decorated with iron beads and rayed grooves on the inside surface; smooth quillon and guard, faceted grip and pommel. Leather scabbard (short) with iron mounts. dimensions: length 97 cm.
A small-sword dating: late 18th Century provenance: Europe Straight, double-edged blade of hexagonal section, a fuller at the forte and the mark "TOMAS DANIELES" on both sides; fire gilt bronze hilt with sword-shell of elongated shape linked to the arms of the quillon, spindle-shaped grip of octagonal section, the pommel shaped as a head with helmet and crest. Together with a leather scabbard (damages). dimensions: length 94,7 cm.
A court small-sword dating: 18th Century provenance: France Straight, colichemarde blade of triangular section with hollow faces; iron hilt; two valves sword-shell pierced with racemes, the quillon chiselled en suite and partially pierced, as the guard is; pommel decorated with pierced racemes and a pine cone shaped button; grip with moor's heads (defects), silver covering and iron wire binding. Leather scabbard (restored) with iron chape and cap, the last one engraved with racemes and provided with a ring. dimensions: length 95,5 cm.
A shamshir dating: early 19th Century provenance: Arabia Wide, curved, single -and false-edged blade, with a wide fuller at the centre and two thinner ones near the back, on both sides of the forte gold-inlaid inscriptions in Arabic characters; iron hilt with remains of silver inlays, grip with copper wire binding, grip scales with iron plaques and small inlays, brass studs and iron cap featuring remains of inlays. Wooden scabbard with leather covering stitched with copped thread; iron chape and cap (one ring only, the other missing) with silver inlays decorated en suite with the quillon of the sword. dimensions: length 98,5 cm.
A rare and interesting shamshir dating: early 19th Century provenance: Persia Fine, yatagan-like, damask blade with "T"-back and thin fuller, featuring two gold-inlaid cartouches with characters in Arabic on one side; at the back remains of gilding, the base of the back with a silver plaque engraved with floral motifs; quillon with arms bent toward the blade, decorated with gold-inlaid racemes; ivory grip scales (probably replaced) with curved pommel provided with a hole, the central band of the grip engraved with net pattern. Leather scabbard sewed with iron thread, mounts engraved with net pattern, complete with two rings. dimensions: length 62,5 cm.
A rare gilt shamshir dating: 19th Century provenance: India Curved, single-edged , damask blade of triangular section, short tang, at the forte a small, gilt cartouche featuring inscriptions in Arabic; one-piece hilt, entirely gilt (very small parts missig), with ribbed langets, quillons shaped as dragon heads, bent toward the blade, the pommel and the end of the guard en suite, all provided with turquoise eyes, grip of octagonal section. Wooden scabbard with yellow velvet covering, stitched with gilt thread; chape gilt en suite with the quillon; gilt band with pierced and festooned borders, provided with a ring. dimensions: length 88 cm.
A kilic dating: first quarter of the 19th Century provenance: Indopersia Slightly curved, single -and false-edged blade, with four grooves near the back, at the forte three cartouches featuring inscriptions in Arabic and brass inlays. Solid brass grip with cross-quillon, engraved with floral motifs, faceted handle with bas-relieved decorations. Wooden scabbard with leather covering, brass mounts engraved with geometrical motifs. dimensions: length 92.5 cm.
An interesting kilic dating: 18th Century provenance: Turkey Strong, slightly curved, single -and short false-edged blade with double fuller, on one side of the blade an engraved and gilt inscription in Arabic and a deep, star-shaped mark featuring a ship wheel; iron cross-hilt with remains of gilt decorations; deer horn grip scales, angled pommel decorated en suite. Wooden scabbard with leather covering and two iron bands featuring floral decorations in gold, iron chape with brass-inlays decorations. Small defects and parts missing. dimensions: length 98 cm.
A rare and important sosun pattah dating: circa 1800 provenance: India Wide, slightly curved blade similar to the ones of khyber knives, with single-edged, damask blade (very clean), with rear groove and "T"-back, on one side of the base a golden cartouche featuring inscriptions in Arabic. Very elegant, iron hilt partially pierced at the ends of the langets, guard with swan heads, wide disc-shaped pommel and grooved grip, all parts finely decorated with floral and geometrical motifs in gold. Wooden scabbard with velvet covering (later), engraved bronze chape with remains of gilding. See a similar piece in "Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour" by Robert Hales, page 162, no. 392. dimensions: length 87 cm.
A tulwar with undulated blade dating: 19th Century provenance: India Curved, single-edged, undulated blade, with pronged tip; typical, iron hilt, slightly engraved and palmate langets, short, bulb-shaped quillons, cusped guard, disc-shaped pommel with buttoned cap. Wooden scabbard (later) with leather covering featuring imprints, brass mounts. dimensions: length 91,5 cm.
A fine silver mounted shasqua dating: late 19th Century provenance: Russia Curved, single - and false-edged blade, two fullers on the entire length, one wide and another narrow near the back; fine, gilt silver grip entirely decorated with strongly relieved beads, except the two bands near the blade, the two ring-nuts of the grip and the frame of the pommel which are smooth and decorated with nielloed, geometrical motifs, same decoration on one stud and a shield-shaped plaque. Wooden scabbard with black leather covering (small defects) with silver mounts decorated with bas-relieved floral motifs at the front, partially gilt and nielloed (small parts missing), smooth and nielloed at the back. The cap decorated with a beaded frame, a nielloed inscription at the back, a band provided with two long, winged plaques worked en suite with the other mounts, chape with a small drag. Scabbard also provided with a leather belt with gilt and nielloed silver mounts.Elegant shasqua, on the grip the silver stamp "84" and an unclear symbol, probably depicting two crossed anchors (Saint Petersburg?). dimensions: length 94,7 cm.
A qama dating: mid-19th Century provenance: Caucasia Straight, wide, double-edged blade with four grooves and a stamp; typical, grip of dark horn with nielloed silver rivets; wooden scabbard with leather covering and iron mounts, partially pierced and engraved; a nielloed, silver rosette at the loop. dimensions: length 53 cm.
A beautiful kard dating: first quarter of the 19th Century provenance: Indopersia Straight, single-edged blade of fine, grey damask, the base engraved with inscriptions in Arabic and floral motifs, engraved at the back, with a raiser; smooth, damask hilt with ivory grip scales. Wooden scabbard with leather covering. dimensions: length 33 cm.
A kindjal dating: 19th Century provenance: Caucasia Straight, double-edged blade with a deep, asymmetrical groove; hilt with ivory grip scales finely decorated with gold filigree inlays depicting arabesque, the iron band decorated with gold-inlaid floral motifs, mount and rivets of nielloed, gilt and engraved silver. Without scabbard. dimensions: length 51.5 cm.
An interesting kindjal dating: 19th Century provenance: Caucasia Straight, double-edged blade with deep, central groove, finely decorated with gold-inlaid inscriptions in Arabic and floral motifs at the front surface; grip with dark horn grip scales, with iron mounts decorated with golden floral motifs; wooden scabbard with leather covering, silver mounts embossed with floral and geometrical motifs. Gilt, iron band. dimensions: length 48.5 cm.
A gilt and nielloed silver mounted kindjal dating: circa 1900 provenance: Caucasia Straight, double-edged blade, ribbed at the centre, with elongated tip, the forte engraved with a small signature in Arabic characters and the date 1318 (year 1900 in the Gregorian calendar); silver grip decorated on the borders and the front surface with bas-relieved floral motifs, gilt and enclosed in nielloed frames, with filigree beaded rings and two studs with long, petal-shaped head, smooth at the back, with nielloed racemes. Silver scabbard, the front surface decorated en suite with the grip, with nielloed flowers, provided with a loop and chape with sphere and beaded decorations. The back with nielloed racemes and star with crescent. dimensions: length 46,3 cm.
A kindjal dating: late 19th Century provenance: Caucasia Wide, straight, double-edged blade, ribbed at the tip and the base, featuring two thin fullers at the centre, the front surface decorated with gold-inlaid cartouches featuring inscriptions in Arabic characters, at the base small floral decorations and cartouches, in gold too; grip with walrus ivory grip scales (small damages and a restoration) held by two iron studs with festooned rosette, featuring gold inlays. Without scabbard. dimensions: length 52 cm.
A fine silver mounted kindjal dating: 19th Century provenance: Ottoman Empire Wide, straight, double-edged blade, stamped on both faces with a round mark; ivory grip featuring fluted decorations at the corners, provided with two fine, silver studs decorated with filigree rosettes having cabochon corals as petals. Antique, wooden scabbard with red velvet covering (probably later) with antique, silver mounts, cap with floral engravings, stamp and tughra; silver, stamped chape, the central mount decorated with floral motifs and cabochon coral; one ring, chain. dimensions: length 50 cm.
A fine enamelled kard dating: late 18th Century provenance: Indopersia Curved, double-edged damask blade ribbed at the centre. Brass grip entirely decorated with enamelled floral motifs on green ground, on the pommel a cabochon rosette featuring remains of stones. Scabbard decorated en suite, a small suspension loop with a signature in Arabic. Damaged tip, slightly chipped enamel. dimensions: length 40.5 cm.
A very fine kandshar with jade hilt and red stones dating: circa 1800 provenance: Turkey Strong, straight, damask blade, slightly thickened at the tip, with two wide, outlined grooves converging at the foible, at the centre a thin raiser (some pitting at the base); elegant grip of dark green jade, typical shape with double lobe at the base, the pommel bent on a side; finely decorated with chiselled racemes, the base and the pommel enriched with drop-shaped red stones with cabochon-cut and gilt mounting, twenty-five stones in total (none missing). Silver scabbard with remains of gilding, the mouth moulded to fit the lobes, cap featuring an engraved inscription in Arabic characters and relieved frames, the chape decorated with foliage and pierced motifs; provided with a small loop. dimensions: length 40,5 cm.
A kandshar with rock crystal and stones hilt dating: circa 1900 provenance: India Ornamental, curved, double-edged, damask blade with slightly strengthened tip, the central part decorated with gilt, engraved effigy of human figures, tigers, elephants and other animals; rock crystal grip, the pommel shaped as a horse head, enriched with silver leaves and coloured stones, the eyes covered with yellow gold; wooden scabbard with velvet covering, embossed silver mounts. Cased. dimensions: length 38 cm.
A Bebut style dagger dating: circa 1900 provenance: Indopersia Curved, double-edged blade, with central fuller; dark horn grip decorated with four cabochon turquoises. Silver scabbard with filigree decorations, decorated with metallic beads and thirteen cabochon turquoises; orange, agate, spherical chape enriched with two glass paste cabochons (one missing); a triangular pendant, featuring a cabochon turquoise. dimensions: length 33 cm.
A silver mounted jambyia dating: late 19th Century provenance: Arabia Curved, double-edged blade with strong central raiser. Silver grip and scabbard enriched with filigree decorations, partially pierced and engraved, on the scabbard a short inscription in Arabic. dimensions: length 32.5 cm.
A silver mounted jambyia dating: late 19th Century provenance: Arabia Typical, curved, double-edged blade with central raiser; silver hilt richly decorated with beaded bands (small parts missing). Wooden scabbard with silver mounts featuring filigree decorations, the back covered with leather. dimensions: height 28 cm.
A jambyia dating: 19th Century provenance: Arabia Curved, damask blade, slightly thickened at the tip, with central raiser; gilt brass grip, entirely engraved with flowers, with a central band featuring geometrical frames, provided with a small button at the pommel, gilt too. Wooden scabbard with purple velvet covering (worn) stitched with gilt thread; gilt brass chape and cap, both featuring a wide band decorated with pierced spirals and leaves, at the cap a relieved frame. Arabic dagger with a good quality blade. dimensions: length 29 cm.
A shasqua dating: 19th Century provenance: Caucasia Curved, single -and false-edged blade with wide fuller and thin, rear groove; typical grip with white metallic covering, slightly engraved; wooden scabbard with leather covering, mounts decorated en suite. Two suspension rings. dimensions: length 87 cm.
A big jambyia dating: 19th Century provenance: Ottoman Empire Curved, double-edged blade (pitting, damask?), strongly raised at the centre, with koftgari gold decoration at the forte, and four cartouches featuring Islamic inscriptions. Massive, walrus ivory grip scales with double "T". Large, silver scabbard entirely decorated with bas-relieved floral motifs, provided with a small loop and wire-bound chape (a small reparation) with cusped end. dimensions: length 45 cm.
A pesh kabz dating: 19th Century provenance: India Strongly curved, single -and half-edged blade, ribbed at the tip and provided with "T"-back; curved grip with wooden grip scales. Wooden scabbard with fabric covering (worn), with an antique, hand-written (leather) label, chape of pierced brass.Provenance: Wallis & Wallis sale n. 337, 22-03-1989. dimensions: length 35 cm.
A pesh-kabz dating: 19th Century provenance: Indopersia Almost straight, single-edged blade of fine damask, slight fuller, strengthened "T"-back chiselled with a leaf featuring remains of gilding; walrus ivory in one piece, with a heart-shaped, brass plaque at the top provided with a button with a brass ring. Wooden scabbard with yellow velvet covering (partially worn) stitched with orange and silver thread; iron chape and cap, both decorated with pierced and gilt floral motifs at the border; chape with bud-shaped cusp, cap with dice-shaped loop. dimensions: length 41 cm.
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