A Tonkinese saber

Northern Vietnam, 19th century

Group of arms from Tonkin

Probably from the French Tonkin campaign of the 1880s.

Tonkinese saber

Collected by Victor Auguste Robin, a senior officer of the Tonkin expeditionary force 1885-1887.

Sino-Vietnamese fighting knife

A Chinese style fighting knife probably made in Yunnan or Vietnam.

Asian export disc guard

The design, overlaid in silver, gold, and copper, over a crosshatched background shows dragon amongst clouds.