Ottoman Empire

Circa 1910/20. Bright, slightly curved fullered spine blade, approximately 2.95 cm wide and 84 cm long with fuller, bearing a “crescent” mark on the spine. Hilt with simple steel knuckle guard, grip with screwed checkered horn grip scales mounted on a brass plate. Steel scabbard with one ring band with fixed suspension ring and a second applied movable suspension ring, throat mounting screws missing. Condition 2.

Overall length 101.5 cm.

Double-edged slightly curved blade, showing very light spotting. On the obverse side engraved in Arabic the “Shahada” - the Islamic declaration of faith. On the reverse side the “Tughra” of Sultan Mehmed V with star and crescent, below which the year 1334 according to Islamic calendar (1916 in our calendar), below that in Turkish characters the number “2467”. Hilt and scabbard made of embossed and ornamentally decorated brass sheet, the soldered seam of the scabbard already somewhat open. A weapon with typical oriental appearance. Worn dagger in very good condition. These pieces were also worn by German officers serving in Turkish service. Included are 2 photocopies of wearer photos for documentation. Very rare. Condition 2

circa 1916. Double-edged, slightly curved blade. Shahada - the Islamic declaration of faith - stamped in Arabic on one side. Obverse with the Tughra of Sultan Mehmed V with star and crescent, below the year date, reverse with Arabic inscription. Hilt and scabbard of embossed and ornamentally decorated silver-plated brass sheet. Worn dagger in very good condition. These pieces were also worn by German officers serving in Turkish forces. Very rare. Condition 2

Simple brass hilt with grooved wooden grip, plain knuckle guard, straight blade, rather long ricasso, bearing several faintly visible Ottoman characters, remainder of blade plain and double-edged, black lacquered steel scabbard with brass suspension ring, still retaining original frog, worn but very well preserved. Condition 2