a flanged spear from Crete

[E Farrell]

Originally Posted by Skarts_ss

I love history of that period and and i collect old weapons mainly from the Ottoman rule and as far as i know they are not restricted(I have my Great great great grand father weapons who fought the Turks in 1866 and after.These weapons are of mid 18th century. Could it be illegall to posses them????). However i think that spears like this, often make apearence in auctions

My knowledge of Greek law is from a previous job as an archaeologist/ceramicist on Crete. The legal aspect is not something that I ever had to deal with directly, so I am only really aware of the basics.

Having said that, I think it would be very unlikely to be illegal to own weapons passed down in the family from Ottoman period. I don't know of any restrictions on late Ottoman, and I know there is a thriving collectors market for it. It is only the suggestion for this particular spear being earlier than 1453CE which would make me a little bit wary.