Ending 28th Jun, 2026 14:00

Olympia Timed: Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2026

 
  Lot 515
 

515

AN ARAB SHAMSHIR, 19TH CENTURY

with slender curved single-edged dull grey blade (worn, traces of pitting and partly filed off on one side at the point), hilt comprising copper alloy quillon-block (langets reduced) with bud-shaped quillon terminals, and grip-scales with white-metal mounts decorated with punched decoration, inlaid with pewter and copper alloy nails, and secured by white-metal wire at the base (scabbard missing), 82.5 cm blade


 

with slender curved single-edged dull grey blade (worn, traces of pitting and partly filed off on one side at the point), hilt comprising copper alloy quillon-block (langets reduced) with bud-shaped quillon terminals, and grip-scales with white-metal mounts decorated with punched decoration, inlaid with pewter and copper alloy nails, and secured by white-metal wire at the base (scabbard missing), 82.5 cm blade