Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Officer’s Dress Sword, by Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie Auction Archive yellow and black threading

yellow and black threading

missing the catch

Entrance just above hip joint and was removed about level of iliac crest and near the centre of same

becoming the two-year award for India

with official stampings in black ink on either side

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Officer’s Dress Sword, by Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie Auction Archive yellow and black threadingAn Ottoman Army Officers dress sword, measuring 99 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features an 84. cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and with a fuller running the majority of the length of each side. The upper half of the blade bears double sided, acid etched designs consisting of arabesque imagery flanked by cannons, helmets, drums, and standard flags. The obverse features a tughra, while the