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![TWO HAND SWORD OF LANDSKNECHT TYPE: South German or Austrian, C.1580. Landsknechts, as the name implies were foot soldiers, and mercenaries skilled in hand-to-hand combat earning great recognition for their skill in the late 15th and ea](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982125_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![FINE VICTORIAN COPY OF A EUROPEAN KNIGHTLY SWORD OF 1250-1300: 27” cut and thrust blade with broad fullers to the forte, for use before plate armor. Square section downturned guard and large wheel pommel. The sword is rusted with dark toning, but not excava](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982311_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![SPANISH DUELING RAPIER, EARLY 18th CENTURY: 38 1/8" diamond section blade, deeply fullered at the forte inscribed with CROCIFISSIO EN ALE NI NIR (?) and EN TOLEDO opposite. The first, evidently the work of an illiterate workman as frequently en](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982347_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![SPANISH ENLISTED MAN’S SWORD: Pattern wore by infantry as well as artillery. Bronze one-piece hilt of French styling, with ribbed grip. 27 1/4" slightly curved s.e. blade, the right side marked FCA DE TOLEDO 1875. Unrest in Spanis](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982200_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![A VERY RARE 15th CENTURY BURGUNDIAN BALLOCK DAGGER: The ballock dagger was widely carried in the Gothic period. It is a thrusting weapon capable of penetrating the leather doublets worn for protection at the time. Its name derived from the double spher](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982148_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![SPANISH RAPIER, 18TH CENTURY: Cruciform hilt in the Renaissance Revival spirit of the second half of the 18th century. Brass hilt with palmette guard terminals. Basket weave pattern grip with reeded sides inset with a heraldic shi](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982128_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![A FINE FRENCH RAPIER C.1650: Full relief chiseled iron hilt for swords and daggers became fashionable throughout Europe from South to North. The products of the Brescian workshops are well known and in Northern Europe, Gottfried](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982252_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![EUROPEAN BAYONET, WWI-WWII: Iron hilt with wood grip. Spring lock intact.9 3/8” blade in heavy preservative. Scabbard dented.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982451_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![EASTERN EUROPEAN HANGER C.1780: Polish or Hungarian. Provincial made example displaying distinct Ottoman influence. 20 3/4" deeply curved s.e. blade of heavy fighting form, shows a few small pock marks or nicks and light tool finish](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982356_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![NORTH EUROPEAN/GERMAN RAPIER C.1660: 34" double-edged blade with broad fuller at the forte. One side marked V I E V L o V T by an illiterate craftsman and the other engraved with a whimsical elongated version of the running wolf mark wit](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982453_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![EUROPEAN LIGHT RAPIER C.1650: Probably English, this example is from a group which Norman dates c.1635-80. They were worn from a sling over the shoulder or waist belt and carried for settling disputes among men of the privileged c](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982161_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![CELTIC IRON KNIFE C.400-100 BC: Pre-Roman Briton. Slightly under 5" overall with characteristic inside curved wedge section blade. Tapered tang for embedding in a grip without a guard. Knife styles varied according to the fighting t](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982142_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![EUROPEAN, PROBABLY PRUSSIAN, REFURBISHED NAPOLEONIC, ANXI PATTERN INFANTRY HANGER: Brass hilt, briquette form with ribbed grip crowned ordinance mark to the guard. 31” curved wedge section blade probably for use for artillery. Blade quite bright and an obvious remount with the](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982403_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![EUROPEAN IRON HILTED SMALLSWORD C.1760: Iron hilt, the shell guard pierced with central drum motif. Quillon block with flower on gilt ground and pommel pierced in flower bud matrix. Copper wire and band wrapped grip. 33 ¼” conc](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982454_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![WESTERN EUROPEAN BALLOCK DAGGER C.1500: English or Dutch/Flemish. 8 5/8" wedge section blade, flat on the left side, the right with angled edge for half its width combining with the sharply angled false edge to form a spear point. Lobed iro](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982130_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![EUROPEAN RAPIER C.1650: Iron hilt with double shell guard engraved in large foliage. See The Rapier and Smallsword C.1460-1820, Norman p.199 #112, where he dates this form "C.1640's or earlier". Swelled medial knuckle bow an](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982175_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![A GERMAN MINIATURE LEFT HAND DAGGER C.1590-1600: This dagger is a reduced scale example of a Saxon left hand dagger of the late 16th century. It is of a type which was evidently the most popular of the period with numerous examples surviving includi](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982174_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![VIKING SMALL KNIFE, 9TH-11TH CENTURY AD: Type known to be prized by Vikings and buried with them. For that reason, it is thought that they had supernatural significance. Recent glacial finds record some with their original grips. See https:/](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982329_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![ITALIAN GUNNER'S STILETTO C.1650: 9 1/2" triangular blade graduated on one side. Iron hilt with spirally fluted quillon terminals and pommel. Spirally fluted wood grip. Blade with storage corrosion. Hilt elements medium rusted. Grip s](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982383_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![GOTHIC EUROPEAN SHORT SWORD C.1450-1500: Northern Europe, Germany or Switzerland. 20" overall length with curved single edged blade and broad tang originally mounted with scale grips with the tang exposed. A weapon of the common man allowed](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982216_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![VIKING SCRAMSEAX C.850 - 950 AD: The classic throat slashing knife carried by every Viking male. 5" total length. Wedge section blade of characteristic clipped point profile. Forged out "whittle tang" made for use without a guard. Ex](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982286_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![GOOD ITALIAN PLUG BAYONET, GENOA, 18th CENTURY: 13 3/8” length with 8 ½” s.e. blade divided into thirds by broad fullers. Long clipped point and fluted base on baluster bolster. Tapered horn grip with swelled base and acorn finia](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982491_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![VIKING SIDE KNIFE OR POUCH KNIFE, 879-1067 AD: Recovered in Chambridgeshire England. Just over 3 ½ (3.59”)” total length with tapered “whittle tang” which identifies these, as they were used without guards, mounted in a](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982158_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![FINE REPOUSSE RAPIER SHELL GUARD C.1600: This is a rare, detached example of metal artistry of the late 16th-early 17th century. It is the shell liner for the side guard of a swept hilted rapier, pierced, embossed and engraved. It is over 3](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982379_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
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