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sword & scabbard

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  • Other Name

    Turkish officer's sword, WW1

  • Description

    Turkish Officer's sword and scabbard

    "NEW ZEALAND WAR R.... / D.A.A.C. N.Z.E.F. / A & N.Z. MTD. DIV." verso: "Turkish Officers sword / captured at A.... / [by th 3rd.... ?]

    steel sword with brass hilt; bronze knuckle bow/stirrup guard with quillon on hilt, no sword slit; bronze hilt mounts; wooden grip with horizontal grooves; straight blade, double edged near point, no fuller; metal scabbard, end missing

    markings: arabic characters on side of blade [see card]

    measurements: overall length: 30 inches; blade length: 26 inches

  • Place
    [Turkey]
  • Associated Place

    Sinai-Palestine

    Gallipoli/Turkey

  • Other Id

    1997x2.280 (temporary accession number)

    R125 (temporary number)

  • Department

    History

    War History

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