![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)
European Weapons & Armor
![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)
![RARE THUMB PLATE FROM A GOTHIC MITTEN GAUNTLET: C.1490-1515, for the right hand. From the John Woodman Higgins Armory. Forged iron, 3 ½” length of rounded form. The side pierced for leather connecting hinge and the front pierced for at](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982310_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![FINE ANCIENT BATTLE AXE SAGARIS, 6TH-4TH B.C: Greek/Scythian (southern Russia and Ukraine). 6 1/4" height, tapered with curved edge and skull crusher back crest opposite. Large integral lugs, symmetrically formed, to facilitate mounting in the ha](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982159_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![BRITISH 1868 CAVALRY LANCE FOR NATIVE REGIMENT: Iron point of standard pattern with triangular tip and conical socket. Arsenal mark and racking number. 80” in total length. Green painted cane shaft indicating mounting and use by a native regi](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982402_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![ENGLISH MILITIA SPONTOON C.1795: Made for one of the private militias raised to support the King against Napoleon during the Napoleonic Wars. Iron head with a flared base and sharply angled leading edge on a rectangular blade. Separa](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982359_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![VIKING BATTLE AXE, 9TH-11TH CENTURY: Well forged iron, 7 1/4” height. Circular eye, with top expanded in both directions for added stability. Elegantly shaped bit of backswept form. These were both thrown as did the Franks, and use](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982139_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)
![A 17th CENTURY GERMAN OR SWISS WAR SCYTHE: The war scythe has been described as a "peasant's weapon" and as with the morning star, suffered from the myth that they were farm tools pressed into service. In fact, German and Swiss arsenals includ](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982124_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)
![EUROPEAN, PROBABLY SAXON, PARTISAN C.1650-1700: 95" overall. Large heavy fighting example for a noble or clerical body guard. Flamboyant form portending the more symbolic forms of the next century, but retaining lethal size and weight with elaborat](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982358_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![VIKING TANGED ARROWHEAD, 850-1000 AD: 3 1/4" length with fine triangular point on conical foot. Tapered tang. This arrow was made for the classic Viking raid which started with the savage slaughter of anyone encountered until the remainin](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982301_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![EUROPEAN SPONTOON: Early 18th century and type used in Colonial America as well as Europe. Detached head of large leaf form with ridged medial. The base with threaded stud for mounting to the socket of the haft. That co](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982352_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 BATTLE AXE C.850-1050 AD: Well forged iron, 6 7/8” height of thin section distinguishing it from a working axe (tool). Oval eye flared back for added stability. Elegantly shaped bit, flared to both front and back. These](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982202_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)
![VIKING TANGED ARROWHEAD, 850-1000 AD: 3 1/2" length with fine triangular point on conical foot. Tapered tang. This arrow was made for the classic Viking raid which started with the savage slaughter of anyone encountered until the remainin](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982299_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)
![RARE SWISS GOTHIC PEASANTS KNIFE C.1350-1450: Well forged iron, 13” length with curved wedge section blade. Oval pommel and conical side lug. Complete but for the wood grips, now perished. These were made to circumvent the prohibition of pe](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982249_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
![VIKING SIDE KNIFE OR POUCH KNIFE, 879-1067 AD: Recovered in Chambridgeshire England. Just over 4” (4.07”) total length with tapered “whittle tang” which identifies these, as they were used without guards, mounted in a wood or a](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1478/330118/177982444_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715892198)
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