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LOT 1168
Very Large Viking Iron Battle Notched Axehead
10TH-11TH CENTURY A.D.
11 in. (1.36 kg, 28 cm).
Featuring an elongated triangular butt, flanged cylindrical socket, slender neck with broad, flaring cheeks; the blade, upper and lower edges notched.
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.
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German WWII Stick Grenade Group
1914-1945 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
German practice stick grenade group including: a WWII model 24 Stielhandgranate with pierced red-coloured head; together with a restored relic head of WWI date. 684 grams, 44.5 cm
Acquired from The Lanes Armoury, Brighton, and Graham Currie Militaria. The Kusmirek Collection, UK. Accompanied by copies of the listings.
The brb-code name for Richard Rinker GmbH, was used for training German armed forces during WWII. Its distinctive appearance lead to it being dubbed the stick grenade' or 'potato masher' in British army slang. It used a friction igniter, with a pull cord running through the hollow wooden handle terminating in a porcelain ball. -
Luristan Short Sword Blade
Early 1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Triangular with thick rectangular-section midrib, rounded shoulders, narrow tip, short tang with hole for fixing pin for the organic grip; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 285 grams total, 32 cm wide including stand
Acquired 1980s-1990s. From the H.N. collection, Milton Keynes, Bedfordshire, UK.
This tanged bronze blade from Luristan belongs to a category of Luristan swords still in use in the Achaemenid Period, as proved by a blade with a perished handle (probably bone or wood) of the same type, in the National Museum of Iran (2694/15633). Examples without inscriptions like our model have been classified by Grotkamp-Schepers in the Solingen Museum as pieces from Luristan. -
Luristan Bronze Axehead
2nd-1st millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With wide swept blade, large socket with raised circumferential rib, hammer to the rear. 1.3 kg, 21 cm
Acquired 1980-2015. Ex Abelita family collection.
