A rare sword presented to a naval captain for his heroics at the Battle of Trafalgar is being sold 219 years later and is expected to fetch up to £110,000. The exquisite bronze gilt sword was one of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Fontainebleau, France – After more than 200 years in the family, the gold- encrusted sword Napoleon Bonaparte carried into battle in Italy will be auctioned ...

FONTAINEBLEAU, France – A gold-encrusted sword Napoleon wore into battle in Italy was sold on Sunday for more than $6.4 million at an auction south of Paris, the auction house said. The last of ...

An unlucky sword used by the losers of the Battles of Stamford Bridge, Hastings, Bannockburn and Boroughbridge over a period of 250 years is expected to reach £120,000 at auction. It is believed that ...

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A man using a metal detector has unearthed a medieval sword that might have served as a weapon during the Battle of Grunwald in 1410. Alexander Medvedev discovered the sword near Olsztyn, in northern ...