Larry Cook
Location: Hobart, Australia Joined: 25 Dec 2009
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 Posted: Fri 25 Dec, 2009 9:13 pm Post subject: Prussian/ German Cavalry Sword Identification |
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Greetings armoury folk:
I recognise many similarities to the sword of this topic with an item I picked up from an antique dealer here in Hobart, Australia a few years back. I was told it was a Turkish officer's sabre of WW1, souvenired by an Australian serviceman from the Palestinian campaign 1917-1918.
The wording on the blade is partly erased by sharpening of the edge, but looks like it may have read "I NIKITITS ERREN CONSTANTINOPEL".
Presumably manufactured by a German armourer in Istanbul, either during or before the war.
Anyone familiar with this genre?
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WW1 sword and scabbard [ Download ]
Let my armies be the rocks, and the trees, and the birds in the sky.
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