Items

• Woman Piercing a Heart with a Fencing Sword
  Seated woman picking a heart off a branch of hearts and piercing it with a sword, causing it to bleed.
• WKC Fechtwaffen Catalog
  Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Co. (Solingen, Germany) catalog covering their complete line of fencing equipment.
• Vino Vermouth Cinzano Postcard
  Postcard featuring a fencing instructor wearing a red mask and in a teacher's posture and a student in a blue mask on guard. An unmasked fencer waits in the background, and a wall of foils is to the right of the pair of fencers.
• The Dining Hall at Joinville
  Postcard with photograph from the Ecole Normale Militaire de Gymnastique et d'Escrime at Joinville-le-Pont. A group of soldiers in uniform share a meal at the dining hall.
• The Barracks and Wash House at Joinville
  Postcard with photograph from the Ecole Normale Militaire de Gymnastique et d'Escrime at Joinville-le-Pont. A group of soldiers in uniform pose for a photo outside the barracks and wash house.
• The Barracks and Cafeteria at Joinville
  Postcard with photograph from the Ecole Normale Militaire de Gymnastique et d'Escrime at Joinville-le-Pont. A group of staff and soldiers in uniform are shown gathered around two tables outside the cafeteria.
• Street Sweeping at Joinville
  Postcard with photograph from the Ecole Normale Militaire de Gymnastique et d'Escrime at Joinville-le-Pont. A group of men in white uniforms (La Corvée de Quartier) clean the street at Camp de Saint-Maur, sweeping and shoveling debris into a wheelbarrow.
• St. Maixent Salle d'Escrime Postcard
  Postcard from 1914 with an image of the salle d'armes of St. Maixent, home of the French l'École Militaire de l'Infanterie from 1881 to 1967, and the École Nationale des Sous-Officiers d'Active from 1963 to the current day. A handwritten note on the back of the card is dated July 28, 1914 from Saint Maixent: "Chère petite belle sœur, Est-ce que les évènements extérieurs ont [illisible] répercussions à Saint-Léger-la-Montagne ? Ici à l'École militaire il y a une effervescence mais tout à fait optimiste. Si je ne craignais pas de blesser les sentiments humanitaristes de Monsieur Babule je rirais bien de voir la guerre afin de porter chez les Teutons un peu de notre civilisation, et leur faire sentir que la nouvelle génération de rappelle... Qu'en pensez-vous petite sœur ? Encore un mois à faire, mais l'examen et la fièvre, quelle barbe ! À vous une grosse bise, à vos parents mes amitiés bien sincères."
• Societa Bolognese di Scherma Torneo Nazionale
  Postcard advertising the Bolognese Fencing Society's national tournament held from May 16th to 20th, 1900, with the patronage of the Count of Turin. Postmarked December 3, 1900 and addressed to Madame Laure Erard at the Hotel Bellevue in Hastière-Lavaux, Belgium. Publisher's marks visible in the lower right.
• Set of Six Castello Receipts
  Six receipts of sale found with the 1939 catalog which span over a year and a half between 1937 and 1939. The transaction numbers on the receipts climb by 4,093, suggesting the total number of transactions during that time. "Mr. Brennan" indicated as the purchaser on the first two receipts.
• Santelli Fencing Equipment Catalog with 1975 Price List
  Full color printed catalog for the Santelli Equipment company. Included separate September, 1975 price list when purchased by owner.
• Santelli Fencing Equipment Catalog
  Full color printed catalog of fencing equipment from the Santelli Equipment company.
• Sabre Fencing at Joinville
  Postcard with photograph from the Ecole Normale Militaire de Gymnastique et d'Escrime at Joinville. Labeled as “Division d’Escrime” taken at Camp de St-Maur. In the photograph you can see fencers fencing sabre. The fencer on the right is seen performing a lunge with a thrust in tierce.
• Sabre Exam at Joinville
  Postcard with a photograph from the Ecole Normale Militaire de Gymnastique et d'Escrime at Joinville. Labeled as “Un Examen de Sabre” taken at Camp de St-Maur. Two instructors are observing two fencers, presumably mid-examination. The fencer on the right is performing a lunge with a cut to the other fencer’s left cheek, while the fencer on the left is performing a subterfuge with a parry of high prime.
• Ricardo E. Manrique Instruction Brochure
  Brochure and article written by Doctor Thomas A. Buys detailing the history, purpose, and physical benefits of fencing, likely for the purpose of advertising Professor Ricardo E. Manrique fencing instruction. Manrique's experience beginning at the Cercle d'Esgrime de l'Havane (Havana, Cuba) in 1888 through the Columbia Grammar School in 1907 is documented on page nine. On the following page is Manrique's tuition fees for the "Twelfth Season" of 1907-1908. Brochure begins at page three and may be missing pages or a cover.
• Program for the 1960 Olympics Sabre Events
  A 19 page program for the 1960 Olympics sabre fencing events in Rome, Italy. The program covers participants, individual, and team events in English, Italian, and French.
• Price List & Application for Salle d'Armes Vince
  Salle d'Armes Vince application and tuition rates for fencing lessons once or twice a week for one, three, and nine month durations, as well as for private coaching and special classes.
• Modena Infantry and Calvary Academy Postcard
  Postcard with photograph of the fencing pavilion at the Regia Accademia di Fanteria e Cavalleria (Royal Infantry and Cavalry Academy) in Modena, Italy. In the large pavilion can be seen four rows of fencers practicing with fencing sabres. Two instructors can be seen in the foreground giving lessons. One is dressed in all black and the other in the usual white fencing attire but with black pants.
• Manufacture Francaise d'Armes et de Cycles
  Sales catalog from the Manufacture Francaise d'Armes et Cycles in Saint Etienne, France. Features sporting equipment for gymnastics, exercise, fencing, skiing, skating, hiking, archery, croquet, and tennis. Also includes an article discussing fencing as a hobby, the health benefits of taking up the sport, and commentary on the ongoing, contemporary debate between the merits of epee versus foil fencing. Other sporting articles on croquet, lawn-tennis, rugby, and skating. Seller indicated the date upon acquisition. Binding suggests the catalog may have been cut from a larger volume. No printed date is found in the catalog.
• Livorno Naval Academy Sala di Scherma
  Postcard with a photograph of the gymnastics and fencing room (sala di ginnastica e scherma) at the Accademia Navale in Livorno, Italy.
• Life at West Point - Fencing
  Postcard sent on September 21, 1909 addressed to Miss Embry, French Instructor, in Institute, West Virginia. Front depicts two West Point cadets wearing plastrons, masks, and fencing gloves and practicing or fencing with foils. Indian clubs and other gymnastic equipment can be seen in the background. This postcard is no. 2322 of a series and is titled "Life at West Point" with this description: "Fencing, supplemented by single stick exercise and sabre duelling, constitutes one of the principal branches of gymnasium work at the Academy. It is especially desirable for a military officer, who, despite the waning use of the sword in all modern armies, may at any time be called upon to defend himself with an edged weapon." On the face is a note in French to the adressee: "Tout le journée, dimanche, je pairied [sic] et le soir je recois a th??et. Comprenez-vous? Au revoir, mon chere Mademouselle [sic]. Te verrai vous samedi. Te suis, monsieur, ????.
• Leaving the Dining Hall
  Postcard with photograph from the Ecole Normale Militaire de Gymnastique et d'Escrime at Joinville-le-Pont. Soldiers in uniform walk through the streets of Camp de Saint-Maur after a meal.
• Laundry at Joinville
  Postcard with photograph from the Ecole Normale Militaire de Gymnastique et d'Escrime at Joinville-le-Pont. A group of soldiers on laundry duty pose for a photo as two men in the foreground wring out a wet garment.
• L. P. Ducasse Catalog
  Catalog of sale for L. P. Ducasse containing items for hunting, fishing, and fencing.
• Joseph Vince Fencing Equipment Catalog
  Bifold catalog of fencing equipment including illustrations of weapons, protective equipment, and accessories. Complete price list for all products and components on rear cover.