AUCTION # 33 ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOR & DECORATIONS

AN ICONIC CUTLASS BARBARY PIRATE SHORT SWORD, C.1650

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Start price: $200

Estimated price: $400 - $600

Buyer's premium:

A circa 1650, iconic cutlass barbary pirate short sword, mounted with an early 17th-century European blade with the markings from Italy. remounted later with a yatagan style hilt, used at the time of the Barbary war (1801-1805) with Stephen Decatur (1779-1820), best known for the February 16, 1804 action in Tripoli when as a Lieutenant with 75 sailors.

Dimensions: L: 27 1/4 in., (69.2 cm.)

Condition: Very good.