XVIII-XX centuries Tibetan broadswords dpa'dam in private collections of peoples republic of China and Israel

The military history of Chinese Tibet, Tibetan traditional things and arms as well as the original technologies research shows it's growing interest for modern researchers. The subject of this article is the Tibetan broadswords dpa'dam with mounting decorated in traditional style, from private collections of oriental antiquities from the People's Republic of China and Israel. Publication represents the description and the analysis of these broadswords characteristics. Authors of the article came to the conclusion about sword's authenticity, technical peculiarities of it's making and characteristics of it's decorations.