Description
Blackened iron axe head with 4 3/4″ convex cutting edge with round eye, decorated on
both sides with gold Arabic inscription. Leather-covered 23 3/4″ wood shaft with brass
sleeves incised with pairs of spiral lines; each end with decorative brass end caps. A well-
balanced decorative battle axe of the era of the Siege of Vienna.










European Broad Axe Head, probably 17th C
Silver Damascened Combination Indo-Persian Battle Axe/Stiletto, 19th C
US Model 1840 Mounted Artillery Saber
Spanish or Italian Shell Guard Rapier, 2nd Half 17th C