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The acinaces, also transliterated as akinakes (Greek ἀκῑνάκης) or akinaka (unattested Old Persian *akīnaka h, Sogdian kynʼk) is a type of dagger or xiphos (short sword) used mainly in the first millennium BCE in the eastern Mediterranean Basin, especially by the Medes, [1] Scythians, Persians and Caspians, [2] then by the Greeks.
Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (13 November 1939) & 1st Class (21 February 1940) [1] Italienisches Kriegskreuz with swords (1 November 1941) [1] Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Knight's Cross on 11 December 1940 as Korvettenkapitän and commander of U-103 [2] [3] Oak Leaves on 14 July 1941 as Korvettenkapitän and commander of U ...
A cache of “excellently preserved” 1,900-year-old Roman swords have been unearthed in a cave near the Dead Sea by archaeologists in Israel.. The swords were likely seized and hidden by rebel ...
Four Roman-era swords, their wooden and leather hilts and scabbards and steel blades exquisitely preserved after 1,900 years in a desert cave, surfaced in a recent excavation by Israeli ...
Israeli archaeologists announced Wednesday the discovery of four extremely rare and well-preserved Roman swords in a small hidden cave in an area of isolated cliffs overlooking the Dead Sea.
Karl-Heinz Moehle (31 July 1910 – 17 November 1996) was a German U-boat commander of the Second World War. From September 1939 until retiring from front line service in June 1941, he sank 21 ships for a total of 93,197 gross register tons (GRT).
This is a list of Japanese infantry weapons in Second Sino-Japanese War. Infantry regular artillery. 7cm field gun (75 mm) [1] 7 cm mountain gun (75mm) [2]
The cutlass may have had its origins in the hanger, a short curved sword that was used by the Royal Navy in the 17th century. [1] The term "cutlass" was never used by the navy as the designation for an individual weapon pattern; the official terms used were "Sword for Sea Service" or "Sword, Naval".