{"title":"Featured","description":"\u003cp\u003eFeatured Items\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"klych-cossack-sword-russian-empire","title":"Klych Cossack Sword, Russian Empire","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA Russian Empire Nicholas II curved ‘eastern type' Klych Cossack sword.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEastern type sabres were approved by emperor Nicholas II for wearing by Cossack officers outside of formation. They were worn by officers of the Life Guards Cossack regiment, the Life Guards Ataman regiment, the Life Guards 6th Don Cossack Battery of the Guards Horse Artillery and the Ural Hundred of the Life Guards combined Cossack regiment. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis sword type was approved from 1909, and was called ‘klych'. The klych resembled 18th-century cossack sabres in their shape. The blades of the klychs varied in curvature, fullers and decorations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boyar Armoury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55488012583291,"sku":null,"price":11500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/5087\/9802\/files\/klych-cossack-sword-russian-empire-904.jpg?v=1749048733"},{"product_id":"silver-mounted-ottoman-pistol","title":"Silver Mounted Ottoman Pistol","description":"\u003cp\u003eA very good silver mounted ottoman flintlock pistol in full working order. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis can only be shipped within the UK.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boyar Armoury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55664044212603,"sku":null,"price":695.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/5087\/9802\/files\/silver-mounted-ottoman-pistol-333.jpg?v=1754430615"},{"product_id":"19th-century-balkan-ottoman-yataghan-sword-coral-mounted-hilt","title":"19th Century Balkan Ottoman Yataghan Sword, Coral Mounted Hilt","description":"\u003cp\u003e19th century ottoman yataghan, walrus hilt mounted with red corals. Silver Arabic inscription. Blade shape suggests Balkan origin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull Length: 79cm \/ Blade Length: 64.1cm \/ Blade Width: 3cm.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boyar Armoury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56160491045243,"sku":null,"price":795.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/5087\/9802\/files\/102_2.jpg?v=1773880227"},{"product_id":"ottoman-shamshir-rhino-hilt-2","title":"Ottoman Shamshir","description":"\u003cp\u003eA late 18th century Ottoman shamshir with a horn hilt. Intricate gold decorations on blade, as well as traces of koftgari on the scabbard and hilt mounts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boyar Armoury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56196232675707,"sku":null,"price":1950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/5087\/9802\/files\/ottoman-shamshir-rhino-hilt-sword-387.jpg?v=1758414253"},{"product_id":"pandur-hanger-18th-century","title":"Pandur Hanger, 18th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Central European 'Pandur' hanger. These were made to resemble the style of Eastern European 'Pandur \/ Pandour' free corps.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Wallachia, being a Pandur was a fixed, legally recognized social status, whether or not one was a member of a specific military unit. By the middle of the 18th century, law enforcement in the counties of Croatia included county pandurs or hussars who patrolled roads and pursued criminals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese swords were made in Central and Western Europe due to the fashionable status of eastern pandurs and hussars in the 18th century. They were intended to be used as hunting or self defence weapons, and bear \"oriental\" motifs, such as a turk's head, a depiction of a pandur, and fantasy Arabic-style writings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an especially good example with a very wide and clean blade, as well as a very scarcely encountered scabbard. The scabbard's chape features a very interesting clipped point.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boyar Armoury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56196292018555,"sku":null,"price":750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/5087\/9802\/files\/PXL_20260405_164633194.RAW-01.COVER.jpg?v=1775418671"},{"product_id":"the-royal-scots-egypt-scottish-basket-hilted-sword-gvr","title":"The Royal Scots Regiment Basket Hilted Sword, GVR","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"221\"\u003eA basket-hilted sword of an officer of The Royal Scots, also known as The Royal Regiment, the oldest and most senior infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, first raised in 1633 during the reign of Charles I.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"223\" data-end=\"739\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eThe sword bears the cypher of King George V, placing it to the early 20th century. The regiment saw extensive active service during both the First and Second World Wars, with multiple battalions engaged on the Western Front, in the Mediterranean, and in other theatres.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"223\" data-end=\"739\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eThe blade is etched with the Egypt battle honour, earned during the Egyptian campaign of the 19th century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boyar Armoury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56196293853563,"sku":null,"price":995.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/5087\/9802\/files\/PXL_20260405_161415664.RAW-01.COVER_18cc98df-814f-44eb-a9e3-fbdbb85eecb5.jpg?v=1775419990"},{"product_id":"17th-century-spanish-main-gauche-dagger","title":"17th Century Spanish Main Gauche Dagger","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 17th century Spanish left hand \u003cem\u003e(main gauche)\u003c\/em\u003e parrying dagger. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boyar Armoury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56196304961915,"sku":null,"price":1750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/5087\/9802\/files\/PXL_20260405_213609303.RAW-01.COVER.jpg?v=1775426626"},{"product_id":"1803-pattern-flank-infantry-officers-sabre-blued-blade","title":"1803 Pattern Sword for an Officer of a Grenadier Company","description":"\u003cp\u003e1803 Pattern Sword for an Officer of a Grenadier Company, as indicated by the grenade above the GIIIR crown on the knuckle guard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScabbard throat engraved with retailer Filler \u0026amp; Fox, Bedford St. Covent Garden, LONDON. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eScabbard leather has had a repair. The leather washer is new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Boyar Armoury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56402294505851,"sku":null,"price":1250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/5087\/9802\/files\/PXL_20260825_155326893.jpg?v=1788386351"},{"product_id":"colichemarde-smallsword-1","title":"Colichemarde Smallsword","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn excellent 17th century colichemarde smallsword. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlade etched \u003cem\u003eSi fortuna me tormenta, la esperanza me contenta\u003c\/em\u003e, which translates as \"If Fortune torments me, hope contents me\". A version of this phrase was Pistol's famous line \"Si fortuna me tormenta, spero me contenta\" from William Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 2 (Act 5, Scene 5). Pistol delivers this line just after the newly crowned King Henry V rejects his old companion Sir John Falstaff and banishes him along with his followers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis phrase is often encountered on Solingen blades of the 17th century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boyar Armoury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56402514444667,"sku":null,"price":625.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/5087\/9802\/files\/PXL_20260825_131648054.jpg?v=1788389254"},{"product_id":"english-dish-hilt-rapier-17th-century","title":"English Dish Hilt Rapier, 17th century","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnglish Dish Hilt Rapier, 17th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA high quality example with a full size blade (87cm blade, 105cm overall). The blade has several pieces of text that have yet to be researched. The dish, grip, and pommel are of the highest quality. I believe there is a missing section that would have connected the knuckle guard to the pommel. If not for that, it would have been a perfect example.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boyar Armoury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56403941425531,"sku":null,"price":1850.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/5087\/9802\/files\/PXL_20260825_153513069.jpg?v=1788462207"},{"product_id":"swedish-infantry-officers-spadroon","title":"Swedish Infantry Officer's Spadroon","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn excellent quality Swedish Infantry Officer's Spadroon with its diamond shaped blade.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boyar Armoury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56405199651195,"sku":null,"price":425.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/5087\/9802\/files\/PXL_20260831_173620653.jpg?v=1788544648"},{"product_id":"ottoman-court-dagger","title":"Ottoman Court Dagger","description":"\u003cp\u003eA court dagger mounted in silver and walrus, most likely of Bosnian origin under Ottoman rule. Also known as \"Bodezi\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boyar Armoury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56405200109947,"sku":null,"price":750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/5087\/9802\/files\/PXL_20260902_162202741.jpg?v=1788545238"},{"product_id":"russian-bardiche-17th-century","title":"Russian Bardiche, 17th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 17th century Russian Bardiche polearm, carried by Russia's Streltsy, the semi-professional musketeer corps established under Ivan IV in the 1550s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe bardiche's long, sweeping axe blade served a dual purpose: a close-combat weapon and a functional rest for steadying heavy matchlock and flintlock muskets during volley fire. The bardiche remained a fixture of Russian infantry through the 17th century, only fading from service as Peter the Great's military reforms modernised the army along Western European lines in the early 1700s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA desirable piece of Muscovite history. A very similar example is part of the Met Museum's collection: https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/32747\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boyar Armoury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56405200535931,"sku":null,"price":4500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/5087\/9802\/files\/PXL_20260825_160132303.jpg?v=1788545705"},{"product_id":"carved-hilt-transitional-rapier","title":"Carved Hilt Transitional Rapier","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn 18th century transitional rapier featuring a richly decorated carved hilt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome of the scenes are valiant while some others appear to be affectionate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe markings on the blade have yet to be researched, but they appear to be of typical Solingen form.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boyar Armoury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56405201748347,"sku":null,"price":1250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/5087\/9802\/files\/PXL_20260831_174244210.jpg?v=1788546174"},{"product_id":"silver-hilted-indian-tulwar","title":"Silver Hilted Indian Tulwar","description":"\u003cp\u003eA good quality tulwar mounted on a silver decorated hilt.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boyar Armoury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56405244215675,"sku":null,"price":650.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/5087\/9802\/files\/PXL_20260825_152850186.jpg?v=1788548401"},{"product_id":"silver-hilted-indian-tulwar-wootz-blade","title":"Silver Hilted Indian Tulwar, Wootz Blade","description":"\u003cp\u003eA good quality tulwar mounted on a silver decorated hilt.\u003cbr\u003eWootz blade with gold koftgari tughra.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boyar Armoury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56405245198715,"sku":null,"price":895.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/5087\/9802\/files\/PXL_20260831_180944834.jpg?v=1788548498"},{"product_id":"scottish-basket-hilted-sword-of-major-general-osborne-herbert-delano-osborne","title":"Scottish Basket Hilted Sword of Major-General Osborne Herbert Delano-Osborne","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/5087\/9802\/files\/delano_osborne.jpg?v=1788549987\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"285\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Victorian Scottish basket hilted sword manufactured by Wilkinson, etched \"Royal Scots Fusiliers\" and \"O.H.D.O\". Serial number 34845 matches Major-General Osborne Herbert Delano-Osborne, who fought in World War I and was mentioned in despatches on 8 October 1914 for the Battle of the Aisne \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e(\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/lynsted-society.co.uk\/Research_WW1_Despatch_1914_10_08%20Europe.html\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003esource\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e. The sword was purchased by Officer Osborne in 1897, during the last years of the reign of Queen Victoria.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/5087\/9802\/files\/delano_osborne_2.jpg?v=1788550021\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"294\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChoir Group, Royal Hospital Chelsea.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2nd from left: Major-General Osborne Herbert Delano-Osborne (1879-1958): Colonel on the Staff in charge of Administration, Northern Command, York, 1926-27; commanded 150th Infantry Brigade T.A. 1927-29; commanded Mhow District, India, 1930-32; Lieutenant-Governor and Secretary of Royal Hospital, Chelsea, 1933-38; retired, 1938.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boyar Armoury","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56405250048379,"sku":null,"price":1700.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/5087\/9802\/files\/PXL_20260901_113612918.jpg?v=1788550162"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0676\/5087\/9802\/collections\/ottoman-shamshir-rhino-hilt-sword-397.jpg?v=1749347623","url":"https:\/\/boyar-armoury.com\/collections\/featured.oembed?page=2","provider":"Boyar Armoury","version":"1.0","type":"link"}