Arms of The World, Identification Help

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List Of General Identification Books

US Swords

• • Arms and Armor in Colonial America, 1526-1783
  • Swords and Blades of the American Revolution
  • Spanish military weapons in colonial America, 1700-1821
  • American Sword, 1775 to 1945
  • Civil War Cavalry & Artillery Sabers
  • Regulation United States Swords and Their Variations
  • US Naval Officers: Their Swords and Dirks
  • Naval swords: British and American naval edged weapons, 1660-1815
  • The American Swords And Sword Makers
  • Confederate Edged Weapons
  • U.S. military edged weapons of the Second Seminole War, 1835-1842
  • Civil War Arms Makers and Their Contracts

Japanese Swords

• • Samurai Sword: A Handbook
  • The Connoisseurs Book of Japanese Swords
  • The Japanese Sword: A Comprehensive Guide (Japanese Arts Library)
  • The Craft of the Japanese Sword
  • The Art of Japanese Sword Polishing
  • Japanese Sword: Soul Of The Samurai
  • Japanese Sword
  • Japanese Swordsmiths Revised

Indonesian Edged Weapon

• • Traditional Weapons of the Indonesian Archipelago

Indian Arms and Armors

• • Arms and Armour: Traditional Weapons of India
  • Indian and Oriental Arms and Armour
  • Warfare and Weaponry in South Asia 1000-1800
  • A guide to Oriental daggers and swords
• • A guide to Oriental daggers and swords

Islamic Related Arms

• • Medieval Islamic Swords and Swordmaking
  • An Introduction to Islamic Arms
  • The Arms and Armour of Arabia in the 18Th-19th and 20th Centuries
  • Islamic Arms and Armour
  • Islamic Arms and Armour
  • Islamic Weapons: Maghrib to Moghul
  • THE ARTS OF WAR. Arms and Armour of the 7th to 19th centuries
  • Islamic arms and armour of Muslim India
  • Islamic armourers and their works

Latin American (Mexican & Central and South America)

• • Arms and Armor in Colonial America, 1526-1783
  • Spanish military weapons in colonial America, 1700-1821
  • Weapons and equipment of the Marlborough wars
  • Small Arms of the Spanish Treasure Fleets
  • The Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection: 1898-1902

European and Related Swords

• • British Iron Age Swords And Scabbards
  • British Military Swords from 1800 to the Present Day
  • Swords and Sword Makers of England and Scotland
  • Scottish swords and dirks
  • Scottish Swords from the Battlefield at Culloden
  • Armes Blanches: Collections des Musees du Mans

Indian Arms and Armors

• • Hindu Arms and Ritual: Arms and Armour from India 1400-1865

Greece and Balkan Region

• • The Arms of Greece and Her Balkan Neighbors in the Ottoman Era