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Old 18th February 2014, 08:02 AM   #1
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Question Sword belt hanger

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could you help to date this item ?
looks like sword/saber belt hanger
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Old 3rd March 2014, 08:32 AM   #2
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Old 3rd March 2014, 07:19 PM   #3
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ARTEFACTS SUCH AS THIS ARE OFTEN VERY DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY EVEN BY THOSE EXPERT IN THE PARTICULAR FIELD. SO I AM AT A COMPLETE LOSS BUT WILL HAZZARD A FEW OBSERVATIONS
THE OBJECT APPEARS TO BE BRONZE AND IF THERE IS ROOM TO PASS A BELT OR CLOTH SASH THRU THE OPENING AT THE BACK IT COULD WELL BE SOME SORT OF HANGER FOR CARRING SOMETHING PERHAPS A SWORD. YOU WILL HAVE TO DO COMPARISONS WITH PROVANANCED ITEMS ON THE DESIGNS ON THE ITEM AS THE BEST WAY TO GET AN ESTIMATE ON ITS AGE AND CULTURE. PERHAPS INDIA ?? IF YOU KNOW THE CULTURE IT CAME FROM AND THE ORIGIN OF THE FIND, THAT WILL GIVE YOU A GOOD PLACE TO START. IF ARCHEOLOGICAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FROM A DIG SITE IT SHOULD PROVIDE A GOOD ESTIMATE OF AGE AND CULTURE. A NEAT LOOKING ITEM GOOD LUCK.
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Old 4th March 2014, 07:13 AM   #4
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Thank you, VANDOO!
It was excavated in central part of Russia in place, captured by the troops of False Dmitry II (1607).
The man on the "sword belt hanger" holds the sword in his arm, so I decided that it relates to military equipment.
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Old 4th March 2014, 02:38 PM   #5
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Athough the pictures appear to be magnified, the comparing tape looks like a metric one. So with an opening of 30 m/m this would hardly be that of a sword hanging devixe ... although not impossible
Military ... most certainly
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