A Persian shamshir, 19th century. Curved single-edged blade and quillons of wootz-Damascus. Grip scales of bone, iron grip strap. Comes with some scabbard fragments. Length 85 cm. historic, historical, 19th century, Persian Empire, object, objects, stills, clipping, clippings, cut out, cut-out, cut-outs, thrusting, thrustings, blade, blades, melee weapon, melee weapons, hand weapon, hand weapons, handheld, weapon, arms, weapons, arms,

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Size: 1093px × 4104px
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Photo credit: © INTERFOTO / History / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 19th, arms, blade, blades, century, clipping, clippings, curved, cut, cut-, cut-outs, empire, hand, handheld, melee, object, objects, persian, quillons, shamshir, single-edged, stills, thrusting, thrustings, weapon, weapons