Treasure and World Coin Auction # 16

French felling axe (executioner's axe), 1700s. 2540 grams, 33" long, the head 11" x 8". Distinctively long blade (basically a tr...

Danish naval boarding axe, ca. 1800. 1220 grams, 33" long, the head 10" from tip to tip. Small, narrow axe-blade with pick at other end, ...

Dutch naval boarding axe, ca. 1800. 1672 grams, 20-1/2" long, the head 10-1/2" from tip to tip. Short, heavy axe-head with long pick at o...

British naval shipboard fire ax, 1800s, made by Shand Mason & Co. 700 grams, 16-1/2" long, the head 6-1/2" from tip to tip. Small but...

British naval shipboard fire ax, 1800s, with bell marking. 830 grams, 15" long, the head 8" from tip to tip. Clean but aged steel axe-hea...

Small British merchant marine fire ax, late 1800s to early 1900s, with warranty mark. 440 grams, 12" long, the blade head 6" from tip to ...

Iron matchlock "key" gun, 1500s-1600s. 1202 grams, 12-1/2" long. Best we can tell, this is the real thing: A functional (in its time...

Matched pair of Eastern European horsemen's flintlock pistols, 1700s. 1050 and 1120 grams, 19-1/2" long each. Virtually identical in desig...

European military officer's flintlock pistol, mid-1700s. 698 grams, 13" long. Tapering octagon-to-round barrel with brass sight, engraved ...

British naval flintlock blunderbuss, ca. 1755, marked with maker Whately. 2420 grams, 35" long. Octagon-to-round barrel, typically flared at e...

British East India Co. brown bess musket / grenade launcher, dated 1793 and marked with EIC logo and maker Henshaw, also with name of ship Melville Ca

English flintlock blunderbuss, ca. 1780-1800, signed by maker Samuel Galton. 33" long, 1-5/16" bore. Bright steel barrel with maker's...

Belgian sea-service flintlock pistol, early 1800s. 1157 grams, 15-1/2" long. Large-bore barrel in bright steel finish with no markings, the st...

Boxlock percussion pistol, double-barreled with bayonet, mid-1800s. 775 grams, 11" long. One of the most interesting handguns we have seen wit...

European steel armor breastplate, 1600s. 5350 grams, roughly 18" x 20". Thick and heavy hammered steel with original black surface (uncle...

Northern European steel horseman's helmet, ca. 1650-80. 2930 grams, roughly 20" x 7" x 12". Five hand-forged parts (faceguard, n...

Steel right-hand gauntlet, European, late 1500s. 739 grams, roughly 11-1/2" x 5-1/2" x 5". Hand-forged, with raised engraving of 16t...

Pair of Spanish colonial steel spurs (espuelas) with silver plating, 1700s. 1218 grams, each about 10" long with 5" rowels. Well-preserve...

Pair of brass Spanish covered stirrups (estribos), late 1700s to early 1800s. 1699 grams total, each about 9-1/2" long. Typical design, like o...

String of glass beads, Spanish colonial (1500s). 24.00 grams, 18" long. A wearable necklace (strung together by the finder) of trade beads, mo...