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antique arms, armour & militaria - Thomas Del Mar

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115<br />

AN EASTERN EUROPEAN OR RUSSIAN SABRE, 9TH/10TH<br />

CENTURY<br />

in excavated condition, with curved single-edged blade,<br />

iron hilt comprising a pair of short slightly curved flat<br />

quillons, curved tang, and flattened pear-shaped bronze<br />

pommel<br />

76cm; 30in blade<br />

The most famous sword from this distinctive group is the<br />

so-called sword of Charlemagne preserved in the former<br />

Imperial Schatzkammer, Vienna, inv. no. WS XIII 5. For a<br />

discussion of these swords see J. V. Kalmár 1935/6, pp.<br />

150-155.<br />

£2000-3000<br />

115<br />

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