Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Officer’s Dress Sword, by Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie Auction Archive Entrance just above hip joint

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

missing the catch

They dressed us up like Chinese coolies

The medals was awarded to all participants in the defence of the Soviet Arctic region: soldiers of the Red Army

becoming the two-year award for India

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Officer’s Dress Sword, by Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie Auction Archive Entrance just above hip jointAn 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