Treasure and World Coin Auction # 16

British naval artillery powder-bag passbox, 1800s. 1657 grams, 16" tall, 8" diameter. This wide canvas tube is so thickly coated on the o...

French infantry hanger sword with scabbard, 1800s (model 1808). 1195 grams, 30" long. Bright clean steel blade with no nicks or pitting, top p...

French naval boarding sword, dated 1846, with anchor and maker marks (model 1833). 1000 grams, 32" long. With characteristic slightly curved b...

French naval dirk (three-sided dagger) with anchor mark, 1840s, replacement scabbard. 170 grams, 12' long. Very clean and undamaged blade (stil...

Pair of British naval rigging knives, mid-1800s, manufactured in Sheffield, England (marked). 150 grams total, 7-1/2" to 8-1/4" long. Ver...

Civil War-era U.S. naval brass-hilt boarding cutlass (model 1860), manufacturer Ames (Massachusetts), dated 1862. 883 grams, 32" long. Clean s...

Civil War-era U.S. cavalry sword, manufacturer Ames (Massachusetts), dated 1863, with original scabbard. 1580 grams, 42" long. Intact blade wi...

Spanish-American War brass-hilt sword dated 1898, made in Toledo, Spain. 1094 grams, 33" long. Bright steel blade with deeply stamped marking ...

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...