Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Officer’s Dress Sword, by Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie Auction Archive Black Cartouche Box/ Pouch

Black Cartouche Box/ Pouch

A NSDAP 10-Year Long Service Award

They dressed us up like Chinese coolies

with official stampings in black ink on either side

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Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Officer’s Dress Sword, by Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie Auction Archive Black Cartouche Box/ PouchAn 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