tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92139522117160645442024-02-19T07:14:48.320-08:00World Famous WeaponsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-14850200743145050282011-05-14T04:05:00.000-07:002011-05-25T10:21:38.198-07:00Sword of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRfr57VB3qylhDaB4vWiVHuE4_883agnP5EC7vNvJ-AW7ck78uth6KQuBr4ibxGQwxesSQfyi_VEjrBwyoC_zT28c5q0nns49vYutPvfyStdEJcWWzCPqoVG1KNw_jRqVF-KHleZZ1K60j/s1600/7789889.cms.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRfr57VB3qylhDaB4vWiVHuE4_883agnP5EC7vNvJ-AW7ck78uth6KQuBr4ibxGQwxesSQfyi_VEjrBwyoC_zT28c5q0nns49vYutPvfyStdEJcWWzCPqoVG1KNw_jRqVF-KHleZZ1K60j/s400/7789889.cms.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Sword of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb discovered in Aligarh Muslim University in Feb 2011.</div><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-6252833768787036842011-04-03T06:57:00.000-07:002011-04-03T07:02:21.412-07:00Rohm RG-14 22 caliber pistol used by John Hinckley Jr in attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbrk1aN7p1yAnbhe5PVTBTKeMx87lJKeeNqwSYLE1wvtrlbitew42sG-yPA_IOPwDynFljk4qLI1JRKUEkjA3kUIXLCqET350QbS96-HgjJWtH_wKjkxd9li1PmU2g_Pk73YqOlJhnXw7/s1600/Story.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 198px; height: 113px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbrk1aN7p1yAnbhe5PVTBTKeMx87lJKeeNqwSYLE1wvtrlbitew42sG-yPA_IOPwDynFljk4qLI1JRKUEkjA3kUIXLCqET350QbS96-HgjJWtH_wKjkxd9li1PmU2g_Pk73YqOlJhnXw7/s400/Story.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5591357312035524402" border="0" /></a>Rohm RG-14 22 caliber pistol used by John Hinckley Jr in attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-1723620546804449152011-03-20T20:05:00.000-07:002011-03-20T20:06:57.811-07:00Triangular file used by Luigi Lucheni to stab and kill the Austrian Empress, Elisabeth of Bavaria<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi292uXdY-OetXLny9ygL1MVc_RHU8rujOCmpdXCQluDRnkHCkzzQtR8h5DLZjFo7eCajNtFJbgEAI-wHMljX9lBm0tHDnea6bgju8kOKen6yZPFH1iicaaKBcz0ddIs7jsuBPGSNcYi3nx/s1600/sisf8p.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi292uXdY-OetXLny9ygL1MVc_RHU8rujOCmpdXCQluDRnkHCkzzQtR8h5DLZjFo7eCajNtFJbgEAI-wHMljX9lBm0tHDnea6bgju8kOKen6yZPFH1iicaaKBcz0ddIs7jsuBPGSNcYi3nx/s1600/sisf8p.gif" /></a></div><br />
Triangular file used by Luigi Lucheni to stab and kill the Austrian Empress, Elisabeth of Bavaria (commonly referred to as Sisi), in 1898. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-2073507030672224432011-03-20T19:27:00.000-07:002011-03-20T19:27:10.250-07:00Revolver used in John F. Schrank's attempted assassination of U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynI8JQaWN8-FM-pCjgaokkREgYkyz-gbx2keaniusep27aY7WXSpCWMsFfnHxXuMn_32ZUVyyqa0Y6pc6iPFIyWmgNvNr40HialzjAhxIpXLK9Mw9mtms7MWxZr1OP2Up8TZhhxwlY3-q/s1600/index.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgynI8JQaWN8-FM-pCjgaokkREgYkyz-gbx2keaniusep27aY7WXSpCWMsFfnHxXuMn_32ZUVyyqa0Y6pc6iPFIyWmgNvNr40HialzjAhxIpXLK9Mw9mtms7MWxZr1OP2Up8TZhhxwlY3-q/s400/index.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Revolver used in John F. Schrank's attempted assassination of U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt in Oct. 1912. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-497284234740772632011-03-20T09:10:00.000-07:002011-03-20T09:10:12.827-07:00The pistol which was used by Gavrilo Princip in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKkz3SrWfvaO3wUAXZz017mOU6-uDZmvSH0_74BS_oM0RQnzK6k3KJR6_qlesCFmISDCgiHEdJr9P2wPkqpA59xJ43qo7iFTmPfxxlaQxm2XQzurR-WtETdbhIwuiVAFVjp3s9PliiEx0/s1600/article-1061691-02CB09A700000578-66_468x316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFKkz3SrWfvaO3wUAXZz017mOU6-uDZmvSH0_74BS_oM0RQnzK6k3KJR6_qlesCFmISDCgiHEdJr9P2wPkqpA59xJ43qo7iFTmPfxxlaQxm2XQzurR-WtETdbhIwuiVAFVjp3s9PliiEx0/s400/article-1061691-02CB09A700000578-66_468x316.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
The pistol which was used by Gavrilo Princip in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie .</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-35479927073642732592011-03-20T08:35:00.000-07:002011-03-20T08:35:46.455-07:00The knife used by Mijailo Mijailovic to stab Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqvHoJuVx-4iTC6ZW0ncXP4z1O_kK1uWbt3oXfSpTniGd56mqqDDJwz5-51mNE23BSYl-MTUhWTAa5Ftvb1e5ktHmP54CZdaqtCeimpmUTXWQcCtmOOVsD4O1QTBDH4uxKoxOzWcWkxsP/s1600/240lind_knife%252C0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqvHoJuVx-4iTC6ZW0ncXP4z1O_kK1uWbt3oXfSpTniGd56mqqDDJwz5-51mNE23BSYl-MTUhWTAa5Ftvb1e5ktHmP54CZdaqtCeimpmUTXWQcCtmOOVsD4O1QTBDH4uxKoxOzWcWkxsP/s400/240lind_knife%252C0.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<br />
The knife used by Mijailo Mijailovic to stab Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh. Photo: AFP</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-91331393223491918992010-11-09T09:06:00.000-08:002010-11-09T09:07:45.037-08:00Sword (with Ivory hilt). Carried by Sir Colin Campbell. Commander-in- Chief in India in the Indian Military.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDx53xR473hbEavYWLu7aBVa1dCx1TpUuOGT8gvstVlaWJZ56BRs6zGkgS662qIX_8pZ-hxDVASp0VPPxea8uh8IljpWn1aRvRopLmkdJPL6PfYlQiI781F31akFq9i6j5JEwvE18edhU/s1600/swordofvicroy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYDx53xR473hbEavYWLu7aBVa1dCx1TpUuOGT8gvstVlaWJZ56BRs6zGkgS662qIX_8pZ-hxDVASp0VPPxea8uh8IljpWn1aRvRopLmkdJPL6PfYlQiI781F31akFq9i6j5JEwvE18edhU/s400/swordofvicroy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> Sword (with Ivory hilt). Carried by Sir Colin Campbell. Commander-in- Chief in India in the Indian Military.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-18750253082879323542010-11-09T08:56:00.000-08:002010-11-09T08:57:21.412-08:00Ceremonial sword of King Stanisław August Poniatowski<span class="summary" style="display: none;">Ceremonial sword Poniatowski.jpg</span> <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1O60g-u3HNVJ0oKy8gRRamlqhoucoybOLg80x9oT0KzPBTfYkgLFTnIORd9bkOv7fLLG8OmhmqPEhAVlE1Tqf5gXRKgRLAZ0F_26ohxoWY6NuVWMXQAPSglqJvbcDqOWz_cfS5TyKm08/s1600/372px-Ceremonial_sword_Poniatowski.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN1O60g-u3HNVJ0oKy8gRRamlqhoucoybOLg80x9oT0KzPBTfYkgLFTnIORd9bkOv7fLLG8OmhmqPEhAVlE1Tqf5gXRKgRLAZ0F_26ohxoWY6NuVWMXQAPSglqJvbcDqOWz_cfS5TyKm08/s400/372px-Ceremonial_sword_Poniatowski.jpg" width="247" /></a></div>Ceremonial sword of King Stanisław August Poniatowski, made in Warsaw, ca. 1764. Displayed in the Royal Chapel at the Royal Castle in Warsaw.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-76725814867118163982010-11-09T08:16:00.000-08:002010-11-09T08:21:20.098-08:00The Isle of Man's Sword of State<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8KeH5_h_z-Nh3QlgnzugAaZ11M3cTorZ9_jCNyns8oqBdB0rmY8G3pRJhaZvYF3ZohnbEtpXUnXNCgDmZTLYRZl3mM5SGF8oO2yKu8x8QpDTV42UqN7A78GUcfAnKPDUZdgcb5OPJRTR/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg8KeH5_h_z-Nh3QlgnzugAaZ11M3cTorZ9_jCNyns8oqBdB0rmY8G3pRJhaZvYF3ZohnbEtpXUnXNCgDmZTLYRZl3mM5SGF8oO2yKu8x8QpDTV42UqN7A78GUcfAnKPDUZdgcb5OPJRTR/s400/1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgxL7GTIVNcyOyGVmNGXYRwyto3rH9EppmKuKdQahhiW_aAFnRlsFeV3u0cwMf9V_v1sVaC28-_CPlSX4mwRWd7qzO-CXtmle95eAJ0G-zjh4dlV3FlIDp5dOhyphenhyphenqyGi2D6CQsT3xeJL73A/s1600/_47281028_466_sword_of_state.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgxL7GTIVNcyOyGVmNGXYRwyto3rH9EppmKuKdQahhiW_aAFnRlsFeV3u0cwMf9V_v1sVaC28-_CPlSX4mwRWd7qzO-CXtmle95eAJ0G-zjh4dlV3FlIDp5dOhyphenhyphenqyGi2D6CQsT3xeJL73A/s400/_47281028_466_sword_of_state.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
The Sword of State is hugely important to the Isle of Man, it is a symbol that Tynwald is the oldest continuous parliament in the World.<br />
<br />
It depicts the Manx national symbol, the three legs of Man and despite various upgrades over the centuries, probably has its origins in the 1400s.<br />
<br />
The sword is one of the earliest objects to associate the symbol of the three legs with the Isle of Man.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-68554101456414208272010-11-09T07:28:00.000-08:002010-11-09T07:28:31.499-08:00Wyatt Earp's pistol, left behind in Juneau, Alaska<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJolo4bkNAfljvaeJGvwgSl0r4hBAuW57KWGFsfHjvJVpW0BzJnO_kEEK9Z62cAEyRDB0K0EARXxb8XO09hV11s2tb-nDUN9sYAA_US6vl-Gu8euHPWuzjd4QB3Llg8j2LG-pRn3JABM-/s1600/240px-Wyatt_Earp_gun_Red_Dog_Juneau.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJolo4bkNAfljvaeJGvwgSl0r4hBAuW57KWGFsfHjvJVpW0BzJnO_kEEK9Z62cAEyRDB0K0EARXxb8XO09hV11s2tb-nDUN9sYAA_US6vl-Gu8euHPWuzjd4QB3Llg8j2LG-pRn3JABM-/s400/240px-Wyatt_Earp_gun_Red_Dog_Juneau.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><table cellspacing="5" class="infobox biography vcard" style="font-size: 88%; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: left; width: 22em;"><tbody>
<tr class=""><td class="" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><span><b>Wyatt Earp</b> </span></td> </tr>
<tr class=""> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Born</th> <td class="">March 19, 1848<span style="display: none;">(<span class="bday">1848-03-19</span>)</span><br />
Monmouth, Illinois, U.S.A.</td> </tr>
<tr class=""> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Died</th> <td class="">January 13, 1929<span style="display: none;">(<span class="dday">1929-01-13</span>)</span> (aged 80)<br />
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.</td> </tr>
<tr class=""> <th scope="row" style="text-align: left;">Occupation</th> <td class="role">Gambler, Lawman, Saloon Keeper, Gold/Copper Miner</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-91276986416356654812010-11-09T06:39:00.000-08:002010-11-09T06:39:40.099-08:00The 6.5 mm Carcano rifle owned by Lee Harvey Oswald<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBnr0tGnsIEAwZz-rVtqkH8Kp1Tenc3EQ879QHM-wNrSzyx2tq74SE64nar77z35RZiKExU1cXdwOf-5gG_7TzMEhoDRR-TPvdTP2I4EALswse58HeZrWaa86q4PcYRJ7NpffP3EqBdPn8/s1600/250px-CarcanoRifleNARA.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBnr0tGnsIEAwZz-rVtqkH8Kp1Tenc3EQ879QHM-wNrSzyx2tq74SE64nar77z35RZiKExU1cXdwOf-5gG_7TzMEhoDRR-TPvdTP2I4EALswse58HeZrWaa86q4PcYRJ7NpffP3EqBdPn8/s320/250px-CarcanoRifleNARA.gif" width="320" /></a></div>In March 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald, alias "A. Hidell", purchased a 6.5 mm Carcano rifle (also improperly called Mannlicher-Carcano) by mail order. He also purchased a revolver by the same method. It is officially accepted that this was the rifle that was used in the Texas School Book Depository in Dallas, Texas to assassinate United States President John F. Kennedy as his motorcade drove by on November 22, 1963. Photographs of Oswald holding the rifle, a palmprint found upon examination of the rifle, and detective work tracing its sale, all eventually led to Oswald.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-88033867458805393612010-11-09T06:25:00.000-08:002010-11-09T06:25:18.779-08:00Deringers:The pocket pistol used by John Wilkes Booth in the Abraham Lincoln Assassination.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRzyYBuOef-XJ1fkQw-ppSvluLVFLMJTSQJ7kODumrL-Q1PlcziG35T6lmbXcPYVXs2_nmQvEcvKrLz9AzgqHDHscdbUM9_YBDz2QyduSdXoLOmiPOAFETU2xLGoAWIyngG_7o_pc8DiHK/s1600/Booth_deringer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRzyYBuOef-XJ1fkQw-ppSvluLVFLMJTSQJ7kODumrL-Q1PlcziG35T6lmbXcPYVXs2_nmQvEcvKrLz9AzgqHDHscdbUM9_YBDz2QyduSdXoLOmiPOAFETU2xLGoAWIyngG_7o_pc8DiHK/s640/Booth_deringer.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Because of their small size and easy availability, Deringers sometimes had the dubious reputation of being a favored tool of assassins. The single most famous Deringer used for this purpose was fired by John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Booth's Deringer was unusual in that the rifling twisted counterclockwise (left-handed twist), rather than the typical clockwise twist used on most Philadelphia Deringers.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-56165998146174279112010-09-22T22:45:00.000-07:002010-09-22T22:45:36.807-07:00El Cid's sword, Tizona<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAdmin%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><o:smarttagtype name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="PlaceType" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="PlaceName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><style>
<!--
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{mso-style-parent:"";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;
mso-header-margin:.5in;
mso-footer-margin:.5in;
mso-paper-source:0;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgix-4bLOgyh3yJNipQt6IJ2YG6pNhlJGGSSSSZ3Y_lmbyqdzLor3-uT81555X_iy6I94xP2UPcet1pBsMFRd3L1CEHINDYQe7XrVg7FSEISSeRGIv4o1ueijgZxR9NexYKzDGPbAHdAYp/s1600/220px-Tizona.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgix-4bLOgyh3yJNipQt6IJ2YG6pNhlJGGSSSSZ3Y_lmbyqdzLor3-uT81555X_iy6I94xP2UPcet1pBsMFRd3L1CEHINDYQe7XrVg7FSEISSeRGIv4o1ueijgZxR9NexYKzDGPbAHdAYp/s400/220px-Tizona.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> El Cid's sword, Tizona</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal">A weapon traditionally identified as El Cid's sword, Tizona, used to be displayed in the <st1:placename w:st="on">Army</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype> (Museo del Ejército) in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Toledo</st1:place></st1:city>. In 1999, a small sample of the blade underwent metallurgical analysis which confirmed that the blade was made in Moorish Córdoba in the eleventh century and contained amounts of <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Damascus</st1:place></st1:city> steel.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt;">In 2007 the Autonomous Community of Castile and León bought the sword for 1.6 million Euros, and it is currently on display at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Burgos</st1:placename></st1:place></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-47582625794143206972010-09-22T22:33:00.000-07:002010-09-22T22:33:58.333-07:00Seven-Branched Sword<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAdmin%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><o:smarttagtype name="country-region" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;
mso-font-charset:128;
mso-generic-font-family:swiss;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:-1 -369098753 63 0 4129279 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:"\@Arial Unicode MS";
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;
mso-font-charset:128;
mso-generic-font-family:swiss;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:-1 -369098753 63 0 4129279 0;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{mso-style-parent:"";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;
mso-header-margin:.5in;
mso-footer-margin:.5in;
mso-paper-source:0;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLR7BIcm36zs5RCI6tGYCkzHo1xp835i7Hjk5vg9iGGv96jzT8KushnZlfe59NKE0ffg6oUg7arfywCrjY_sV-9cBy-z88WrGBDDlB8x8Q7yxmiSZWE1TYL47ZlIJCOKnRNupRM6To_deV/s1600/260px-Chiljido.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLR7BIcm36zs5RCI6tGYCkzHo1xp835i7Hjk5vg9iGGv96jzT8KushnZlfe59NKE0ffg6oUg7arfywCrjY_sV-9cBy-z88WrGBDDlB8x8Q7yxmiSZWE1TYL47ZlIJCOKnRNupRM6To_deV/s400/260px-Chiljido.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">The Seven-Branched Sword </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The Seven-Branched Sword (<span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">七支刀</span>), also known as the Seven-Pronged Sword, the Seven-Branched Knife, the Seven-Pronged Spear, Nanatsusaya no Tachi in Nihon shoki, Chiljido in Korea is a 74.9 cm long iron sword with six branch-like protrusions along the central blade, designated one of the National Treasures of Japan. The original sword is currently housed in the Isonokami Shrine in Nara Prefecture of Japan and not shown to the public. Replicas are displayed throughout the country and in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">South Korea</st1:place></st1:country-region>. An inscription on the side of the blade is an important source depicting the relationships between the East Asian countries of the period.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-33526827548450798042010-09-22T21:54:00.000-07:002010-09-22T21:54:01.612-07:00Rapier of Sir William Harris<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy5MtYKyflQGw21wbCHjAKnQVJshMjIWR7Z5lE9hUg6Pj8znNGS52bhbhf39uyoyJi4QuYFURVw_KxolUoso7OcnzvykFn2pUcj2gQfjfsQAEtxRGit2kIjd2gG9m9RgM6LqR9DhvnCnh2/s1600/265px-Rapier_of_Sir_Wm_Harris_of_Creeksea_2jpg.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy5MtYKyflQGw21wbCHjAKnQVJshMjIWR7Z5lE9hUg6Pj8znNGS52bhbhf39uyoyJi4QuYFURVw_KxolUoso7OcnzvykFn2pUcj2gQfjfsQAEtxRGit2kIjd2gG9m9RgM6LqR9DhvnCnh2/s400/265px-Rapier_of_Sir_Wm_Harris_of_Creeksea_2jpg.JPG" width="177" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Rapier of Sir William Harris</div><br />
Rapier of Sir William Harris 1584 - 1616. High Sheriff of Essex 1598 Located in All Saint's Church in Creeksea, Essex. Formerly located in Creeksea Place manor.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-51546833719413313152010-09-22T21:29:00.000-07:002010-09-22T21:29:01.651-07:00The Imperial Sword (Reichsschwert)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfG-yfDM3Iq7aoXxtVoURjHJo73pkYa8XZT25Ycvspnyb-810V-UegPgnk7CIH0vCf0USRVAbfDihX_vJ5WuusZf785JLFFl6GEZaqvpswxyjqagsEEuoBahVdptjnGV7vFj4LmHh8Srcq/s1600/800px-Reichsschwert_mit_Scheide.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfG-yfDM3Iq7aoXxtVoURjHJo73pkYa8XZT25Ycvspnyb-810V-UegPgnk7CIH0vCf0USRVAbfDihX_vJ5WuusZf785JLFFl6GEZaqvpswxyjqagsEEuoBahVdptjnGV7vFj4LmHh8Srcq/s400/800px-Reichsschwert_mit_Scheide.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The <b>Imperial Sword</b> (Reichsschwert)</div><br />
The <b>Imperial Sword</b> (Reichsschwert), is one of four Imperial Regalia (Reichskleinodien) of the Holy Roman Empire. During the coronation, it was given to the emperor along with the sceptre (Zepter) and the Imperial Orb (Reichsapfel). Currently, the sword and the rest of the Imperial Regalia are kept at the Schatzkammer Treasury in the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-6394015205964235742010-09-22T21:21:00.000-07:002010-09-22T21:22:18.402-07:00Sword of Stalingrad<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAdmin%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><style>
<!--
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{mso-style-parent:"";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;
mso-header-margin:.5in;
mso-footer-margin:.5in;
mso-paper-source:0;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeRQsYwULhxkxz37x6HKHcfn7w3nHUvUFHkzbZ-YB99u0c-XCYUljdBeQKgzU-ExsTs1gr0BgxkVmXk9K6l3z-PLmMY-XR2he2_YKrkDz5vJxNQs0oECdLPRxh3CJ8lsary8kpS4HZx8dq/s1600/450px-Sword_of_Stalingrad.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeRQsYwULhxkxz37x6HKHcfn7w3nHUvUFHkzbZ-YB99u0c-XCYUljdBeQKgzU-ExsTs1gr0BgxkVmXk9K6l3z-PLmMY-XR2he2_YKrkDz5vJxNQs0oECdLPRxh3CJ8lsary8kpS4HZx8dq/s400/450px-Sword_of_Stalingrad.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">The Sword of Stalingrad </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The Sword of Stalingrad is a bejewelled ceremonial broadsword specially forged and inscribed by command of King George VI as a token of homage from the British people to the Russian defenders of the city during the Battle of Stalingrad. On 29 November 1943 it was presented to Marshal Stalin by Prime Minister Churchill at an afternoon ceremony during the Tehran Conference in the presence of President Roosevelt and an honor guard.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-80716801506709274912010-09-22T08:54:00.000-07:002010-09-22T08:54:35.508-07:00Masonic symbols (sword of Lafayette).<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARPNjhsuFP0B8k-Kffsnszm_BmAtY36kU1UB0KjalOw15L2x1TNbMBGdyRHanJsTQzzQo6VtF5_i7fPuhwB0hmgEMJ_mOa7B0KdGQtBs-Osl61Wfc7Ltf2aukMSK2nfSfabpBWjirGW8t/s1600/200px-LaFayetteMasonicSword.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjARPNjhsuFP0B8k-Kffsnszm_BmAtY36kU1UB0KjalOw15L2x1TNbMBGdyRHanJsTQzzQo6VtF5_i7fPuhwB0hmgEMJ_mOa7B0KdGQtBs-Osl61Wfc7Ltf2aukMSK2nfSfabpBWjirGW8t/s320/200px-LaFayetteMasonicSword.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Masonic symbols (sword of Lafayette).</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-43277554429168239002010-09-22T08:41:00.000-07:002010-09-22T08:41:54.648-07:00Sword of Saint Peter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXhkKvL6MzlRNsvC1Nq_Mwe2Hmkh08QCDgSqZ_C3B4AU0oXbmqfEIZB40c7FlgE5qYxBlEnWyXr8uuMkNNkFCIrnM76mp4nMY2PQS2XNxSlv62JDlXkXrZGP7KMn6LSRnuSRFG2jts_mw/s1600/350px-Miecz_%C3%85%E2%80%BAw_Piotra_RB1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXhkKvL6MzlRNsvC1Nq_Mwe2Hmkh08QCDgSqZ_C3B4AU0oXbmqfEIZB40c7FlgE5qYxBlEnWyXr8uuMkNNkFCIrnM76mp4nMY2PQS2XNxSlv62JDlXkXrZGP7KMn6LSRnuSRFG2jts_mw/s400/350px-Miecz_%C3%85%E2%80%BAw_Piotra_RB1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></h1><h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sword of Saint Peter</span></h1><h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" style="font-weight: normal;"><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAdmin%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><o:smarttagtype name="PlaceType" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="PlaceName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><style>
<!--
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{mso-style-parent:"";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;
mso-header-margin:.5in;
mso-footer-margin:.5in;
mso-paper-source:0;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal">The Sword of Saint Peter (Polish: Miecz świętego Piotra) is allegedly the sword with which the Apostle Peter cut off the ear of the high priest's servant at the time of Jesus' arrest in <st1:place w:st="on">Gethsemane</st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The sword is wide-tipped, similar in shape to a dussack or machete. It currently resides in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Poznań</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Archdiocesan</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">An exact copy of the sword, made by Bogdan Puchalski, is displayed on the wall of the Poznań Archcathedral Basilica.</div></h1>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-88603066689845182482010-09-22T08:33:00.000-07:002010-09-22T08:35:01.374-07:00The hilt of Kubrat's sword<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt8dSeg0cpdCyZ9zOjsi-2AhnG0ndjAGcZu1jxWcYJscxTJ-Qy5gMr4ifGj2j9aO8klmN6Q-_lNgO6bGPtAX5YD0aj-QnJtpg2zCw43AeoLSUglAkPjkWH3R3BretXrqb07A5ccYLRrmmB/s1600/200px-Kubrat_sword.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt8dSeg0cpdCyZ9zOjsi-2AhnG0ndjAGcZu1jxWcYJscxTJ-Qy5gMr4ifGj2j9aO8klmN6Q-_lNgO6bGPtAX5YD0aj-QnJtpg2zCw43AeoLSUglAkPjkWH3R3BretXrqb07A5ccYLRrmmB/s400/200px-Kubrat_sword.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br />
The hilt of Kubrat's sword bears a Greek inscription and is decorated with crosses, indicating that its owner (or the original owner at least) was a Christian.<br />
<br />
<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAdmin%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><o:smarttagtype name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="PlaceType" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="PlaceName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="country-region" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><style>
<!--
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{mso-style-parent:"";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;
mso-header-margin:.5in;
mso-footer-margin:.5in;
mso-paper-source:0;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style> <br />
<div class="MsoNormal">The Pereshchepina Treasure (Russian: Перещепинский клад, Bulgarian: Съкровище от Мала Перешчепина) is a major deposit of BULGARIAN, Sassanian, and Avarian objects from the period of the Volkerwanderung.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The deposit was discovered in 1912 in the <st1:placetype w:st="on">village</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Mala Pereshchepina</st1:placename> (13 km from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Poltava</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Ukraine</st1:country-region></st1:place>) by a boy shepherd who literally stumbled over a golden vessel and fell into the grave of Kuvrat, the founder of Great Bulgaria and father of Asparuh, the founder of the First Bulgarian Empire. The hoard was extracted under the supervision of Count Aleksey Bobrinsky, a renowned archaeologist, who published its description in 1914.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The hoard contains more than 800 pieces, now preserved in the <st1:placename w:st="on">Hermitage</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype>, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Saint Petersburg</st1:place></st1:city>. There are 19 silver vessels and 16 gold vessels, including a striking rhyton and remains of another. The official website of the museum speaks about<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"> a staff with gold facing, a well-preserved iron sword with an end in the form of a ring and gold facing on the hilt and scabbard… gold jewellery — a torque, an earring, seven bracelets and seven rings with inlays of precious stones (amethysts, sapphires, tiger-eyes, garnets, rock crystal, and emeralds)… and square gold plaques for the facing of a wooden funeral construction".<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The total weight of gold from the deposit exceeds 25 kilograms, that of silver objects — 50 kilograms.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-57021034205337333832010-09-22T08:26:00.000-07:002010-09-22T08:28:24.279-07:00Bronze sword excavated from a tomb in Guangxi that dates to the late Warring States period or early Nanyue Kingdom.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpgHZ6EhaaAI1kWLc8_aeBlSO9jwH-BtxWiR-EFejKgCHiQa2yK96HL-MLpZgAu6iyC4Dm8mK4DVEn8wzA6NQYDBUGGXvXIbtrqsjmBvI_aSjSRvRNsxQOkgOUNm8IflPbFrfb6IcI2x7/s1600/220px-Brozen_Sword.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjpgHZ6EhaaAI1kWLc8_aeBlSO9jwH-BtxWiR-EFejKgCHiQa2yK96HL-MLpZgAu6iyC4Dm8mK4DVEn8wzA6NQYDBUGGXvXIbtrqsjmBvI_aSjSRvRNsxQOkgOUNm8IflPbFrfb6IcI2x7/s400/220px-Brozen_Sword.jpg" width="196" /></a></div><br />
Bronze sword excavated from a tomb in Guangxi that dates to the late Warring States period or early Nanyue Kingdom.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-15572394576724000362010-09-22T08:15:00.000-07:002010-09-22T08:16:55.274-07:00Sword surrendered by Edhem Pasha after the defeat at Plevna.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jSx8rSg3lsn0XHJBvLHRbSpSoiXe9L5rRGsyauTbu5RtFHZptxi20w90gGyHYCGJHYheq-pkMRxNODpOb61MJJud8SoOPun1AVqYrKlnQdyrmIt1F54X-KFlbjcNFhJz5jgVJ5GxmkDJ/s1600/300px-Plevna_sword.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1jSx8rSg3lsn0XHJBvLHRbSpSoiXe9L5rRGsyauTbu5RtFHZptxi20w90gGyHYCGJHYheq-pkMRxNODpOb61MJJud8SoOPun1AVqYrKlnQdyrmIt1F54X-KFlbjcNFhJz5jgVJ5GxmkDJ/s400/300px-Plevna_sword.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Sword surrendered by Edhem Pasha after the defeat at Plevna.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAdmin%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><o:smarttagtype name="country-region" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><style>
<!--
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{mso-style-parent:"";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;
mso-header-margin:.5in;
mso-footer-margin:.5in;
mso-paper-source:0;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style> </div><div class="MsoNormal">The Siege of Plevna or Siege of Pleven during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878), saw a major struggle between the joint army of <st1:country-region w:st="on">Russia</st1:country-region> and <st1:country-region w:st="on">Romania</st1:country-region> and the <st1:place w:st="on">Ottoman Empire</st1:place>. The Turkish defense held up the main Russian advance southwards into <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bulgaria</st1:place></st1:country-region>, ensuring other great powers of the time to actively support the Ottoman cause. Eventually, superior Russian and Romanian numbers forced the garrison to capitulate.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-59737091193221188332010-09-22T08:01:00.000-07:002010-09-22T08:01:30.406-07:00The Kirkburn Sword<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKh0AfBWDDB8jEhq6ffkVRkJ0soW3JkngbgT3jDLglQal7V-pSiV4Rj6a_r3QeSuYNQ-V338AZvxVbLU_-qqOALvuXUqxeOHhbLCAWnrpFKlYWZA_XlVYPVLp33ojxda8HsJuFDB270C4s/s1600/220px-Kirkburn_Sword.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKh0AfBWDDB8jEhq6ffkVRkJ0soW3JkngbgT3jDLglQal7V-pSiV4Rj6a_r3QeSuYNQ-V338AZvxVbLU_-qqOALvuXUqxeOHhbLCAWnrpFKlYWZA_XlVYPVLp33ojxda8HsJuFDB270C4s/s400/220px-Kirkburn_Sword.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">The Kirkburn Sword, kept in the British Museum.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kirkburn</b> is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated about 3 miles (4.8 km) south west of Driffield town centre and is on the A614 road.</span> An important archaeological relic was found in 1987 during the excavation of a nearby Iron Age grave, dateable in the 3rd century BCE. The <b>Kirkburn Sword</b>, as it became known, is described by the British Museum as "probably the finest Iron Age sword in Europe". Its handle is assembled of 37 pieces of iron, bronze and horn and decorated with red glass. Its scabbard is made of iron and polished bronze, decorated with a scroll pattern in the style of La Tène culture, with red glass studs and insets.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-6129098837214344922010-09-22T07:50:00.000-07:002010-09-22T07:55:38.960-07:00Sword of Goujian<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZRjSIFBVD1-F_geuC91vGzeKWCKbEhs0Od_kJU7jYsZc094XT7akd5lLNyRaPMIjBFxlb7CQ5bMD2Wx4um-1HWMCYlHGj7S8aObo-81myxW69V7a0vJKVi43O38ATqk1QHsYp1-2KI3m/s1600/100px-Goujian_sword_and_inscript_detail_gif.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZRjSIFBVD1-F_geuC91vGzeKWCKbEhs0Od_kJU7jYsZc094XT7akd5lLNyRaPMIjBFxlb7CQ5bMD2Wx4um-1HWMCYlHGj7S8aObo-81myxW69V7a0vJKVi43O38ATqk1QHsYp1-2KI3m/s400/100px-Goujian_sword_and_inscript_detail_gif.gif" width="76" /></a></span></div><h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></h1><h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sword of Goujian</span></h1><h1 class="firstHeading" id="firstHeading" style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></meta><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Generator"></meta><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Originator"></meta><link href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CAdmin%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><o:smarttagtype name="PlaceType" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="PlaceName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="country-region" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:smarttagtype><style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;
mso-font-charset:128;
mso-generic-font-family:swiss;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:-1 -369098753 63 0 4129279 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:"\@Arial Unicode MS";
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;
mso-font-charset:128;
mso-generic-font-family:swiss;
mso-font-pitch:variable;
mso-font-signature:-1 -369098753 63 0 4129279 0;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{mso-style-parent:"";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;
mso-header-margin:.5in;
mso-footer-margin:.5in;
mso-paper-source:0;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style><br />
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">The Sword of Goujian (Traditional Chinese: <span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">越王勾踐劍</span> , Simplified Chinese: <span style="font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";">越王勾践剑</span>) is an archaeological artifact of the Spring and Autumn Period found in 1965 in <st1:state w:st="on">Hubei</st1:state>, <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">China</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Renowned for its sharpness and resilience to tarnish, it is an historical artifact of the People's Republic of <st1:country-region w:st="on">China</st1:country-region> currently in the possession of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Hubei</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Museum</st1:placetype></st1:place>.</div></h1>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213952211716064544.post-85494956817487717462010-09-22T07:44:00.000-07:002010-09-22T07:44:21.399-07:00Captain Walter Stauffer McIlhenny's combat helmet and the captured Japanese samurai sword that dented it<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRidnAdBX3nN5tEW8eQ7_dhwOIG7vz467bNUKb6DhyphenhyphenpWoqqltsTO1ZdjcyTxlz8rnKjus1lobWMacB-XOLh0ugW478D5WkSZJf1lTa6o9hZtKIRW6hZApJXJBSTAvixGlMiNNb9CGM9F8/s1600/Wsm(sword&helmet)b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRidnAdBX3nN5tEW8eQ7_dhwOIG7vz467bNUKb6DhyphenhyphenpWoqqltsTO1ZdjcyTxlz8rnKjus1lobWMacB-XOLh0ugW478D5WkSZJf1lTa6o9hZtKIRW6hZApJXJBSTAvixGlMiNNb9CGM9F8/s400/Wsm(sword&helmet)b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Captain Walter Stauffer McIlhenny's combat helmet and the captured Japanese samurai sword that dented it, National World War II Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0