Sword collection

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Rapière à garde en coquille, Espagne vers 1680-1700. A Spani - Lot 215
Rapière à garde en coquille, Espagne vers 1680-1700. A Spanish cup-hilt A Spanish cup-hilt rapier, circa 1680-1700. With slender blade of flattened diamond section, rectangular ricasso struck with a mark on both sides, in a recess, A over two pellets, iron hilt formed with a pair of long straight quillons spirally fluted towards the button terminals, joined to the knuckle-guard both at the base and by a small branch at the median, the knuckle-guard en suite with the quillons, cup guard formed
Ottoman Coral-mounted Steel Yataghan Sword. Dated: AH 1216/ AD 1801-2. Place of Origin: Turkey.
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Iron and Copper Alloy Dagger and Sheath Iron Age, Hallstatt D Found Berkshire, England c.600-550 BC Iron dagger with ornate cast copper alloy cross-shaped hilt and matching decorated sheath. The decorative disks presumably held insets, possibly of coral. Blade length: 27.8 cm Source: British Museum
ART Gallery Helsinki
"A patinated merovingian period sword from Finland. Pattern welded blade, crossguard & pommel of wrought iron, grip is of black oak." kp-art.fi
Indian haladie (double bladed dagger) from the Rajput warriors of India. All steel forged construction, including the handle, with two double edged blades and a knuckle guard. The knuckle guard would have had a third small straight blade sticking out, but it is missing with only an attachment hole remaining. The blades are pitted from old rust, but they are now cleaned of the rust and oxidized dark. 26" Overall with two 10 1/2" Blades. 19th century or earlier.
Two handed flamberge sword. It's interesting that the blade is serrated, I've never seen that on a sword blade, nonetheless a two hander
Ancient Persia and the Persian Empire
Dagger with Lion-headed Handle and Ibex-headed Hilt Achaemenid Persian (5th-4th Century B.C.) Said to be from Hamadan Gold L. 41.27 cm, W. 10.47 cm National Museum of Iran © British Museum
Hilt of a falcata in the shape of a bird, gold inlay. 4th century, BCE