A scarce authentic antique 19th century Russian Imperial Army military braid trim lace with general zigzag pattern (Генеральский галун) used for trimming Generals’ Parade uniforms epaulets, shoulder boards, and hatbands. The lace is made of gold-plated real pure silver wire-bullion and is woven around a satin silk thread core.

The listing includes the associated pictures showing both sides of the braid.

CONDITION: Age and usage are showing...

Antique, 19th century, Islamic Caucasian Circassian saddle in Kabardian form, consists of a wooden frame, cantle extending over to the rear and projecting to the frontal high arch pommel, covered overall in leather partly painted in red and black and highlighted in white...

Gilt brass Confederate Reunion General Service coat button, marked "R. E. Wilson, Winston, NC". Circa 1875, two piece, it has a domed front shell with "CSA". Appraised in 2006 for insurance purposes, see photo. This button is from the original family and is the first time on the market. Guaranteed authentic.

Pair of a rare 9th-10th century antique medieval Khazar stirrups, entirely hand forged from a single piece of thick, solid iron, of arched form, with a convex footpad, and surmounted at the top with a shaped finial pierced with a slot for a strap for hanging.

REFERENCES: A pair of similar Khazar stirrups are in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum in St...

Antique 18th century Islamic Mughal Warrior's Saddle of characteristic form from North-West India or Sindh-Pakistan. Details: The wooden frame cantle extending over to the rear and projecting to the frontal high arch pommel, covered overall with hammered and elaborate engraved brass sheets, riveted with iron studs and reinforced with mounts.

CONDITION: Sign of usage and wear, iron mounting rusty...

Antique, Chinese, Qing dynasty period (1644 -1912) large bronze processional elaborate polearm with a glaive head made of several separate bronze elements joined together.

A large, handmade, central undulating blade chiseled with a floral design is inserted and secured with solder in an elaborate socket...

Antique 18th-19th-century all-steel Spanish dagger stiletto with the hilt in the form of Islamic, Moorish, Al-Andalus, Nasrid period, sword Jineta.

Dagger consists of a rounded steel hilt with downturned solid steel-shaped quillons in typical Moorish Al-Andalus Nasrid style and a hand-forged double-edged steel blade...

Rare Antique Japanese Edo period samurai kozuka knife handle, made of copper-gold alloy (shakudō). Exterior adorned with a finely executed raised design of a snail cruising on a warabi. Very nice Kozuka with a rare design of a snail.

CONDITION: Age and usage are showing, with its original patina.

Please notice that the pictures in the listing are part of the description of the object's condition...

Antique GILE short sword-dagger from the Afar tribe in Ethiopia, dating back to the 19th century. The massive blade is double-edged and curved, resembling an asymmetrical leaf.

The grip is wrapped with silver wire and adorned with iron rosettes. The pommel is bronze with a cap-like protrusion.

The scabbard is made of hardened rawhide with a fur flap. The bottom is wrapped in silver wire and features a shaped brass chape...

Rare antique 17th or early 18th century Islamic Mughal India Indo – Persian sword Indian shamshir...

Very good quality antique Indo-Persian Islamic Mughal Indian large dagger Pesh Kabz, North India 18th century...

Antique, late 18th century, Austrian silver mounted hunting sword with a straight broad tapering blade, double-edged towards the tip, cut on each side with a shallow fuller and a slender fuller, along the back-edge, engraved and gilded with foliage, trophies, and a stag on a blued panel (worn) at the forte. The silver hilt comprises a crossguard made of solid silver with a pair of straight faceted quillons and an oval silver collar...

Very scarce, fine quality, antique 17th century, Crimean Tatar Islamic helmet "Misiurka” from the Crimean Tatar Khanate (Qırım Hanlığı, قرم خانلغى‎ or Qırım Yurtu, قرم يورتى‎) Giray Dynasty period...

A rare antique medieval, 9th-10th century, Khazar horse curb bit, entirely hand forged from several elements of solid iron, composed of two bars, called canons, with a loop for reins. Each canon is connected to a curved cheekpiece affixed with two slabs pierced with rectangular holes to mount the harness...

Antique, medieval from the 13th-15th Century A.D., a German knight's, hand-forged horse bit, made of iron. MEASUREMENTS: Over-length: 23 cm (9.06 inches) Weights: 130 grams. CONDITION: In very good excavated condition.

Antique late 18th-early 19th-century American gilt bronze and blackened desk letter wax seals handle in typical American federal style manner. The handle is composed of solid blackened bronze orb adorned with two American Bald eagles with large spread wings, clutching a bundle of arrows in its left talon, and an olive branch in its right talon, together symbolizing that the United States has "a strong desire for peace, but will always be ready for war...

Antique first half of the 19th century (Bourbon Restoration Period 1814-1830) French heavy cavalry (CUIRASSIER) breastplate armor (cuirass). The breastplate is formed of thick, heavy gauge steel with a projecting medial ridge forward over the down-turned basal flange and angular outward turns at the neck and arms openings.

It is fitted with a pair of brass studs at the front to attach shoulder straps and adorned on the perimeter with six domed brass rivets...

Antique circa 1800 AD Mediterranean Spanish dagger stiletto manufactured in Albacete, Spain. Barrel form polished horn grip is inlaid with brass serpentine motifs and flanked by pierced and banded conical brass mounts. Sturdy elongated leaf-shaped blade with medial ridge, thick iron cross guard of elongated diamond shape.

The original wooden scabbard is bound in dark green velvet trimmed at the middle with a red cord, and the mouth of the scabbard is mounted with a banded brass locket I wi...