RARE VINTAGE OTTOMAN EMPIRE OFFICER SWORD WITH SHEATH

Description

CURVED TURKISH OTTOMAN EMPIRE
OFFICER
SWORD. IT IS FAMOUS FOR BEING COMMONLY USED  FOR HAND-TO-HAND COMBATS. THIS SWORD IS 100% AUTHENTIC. IT IS FROM THE 1800'S YEAR PERIOD. THE HANDLES WERE MOST COMMONLY MADE OF BONE - HORN, AND ENCRUSTED WITH SEMI PRECIOUS STONES AS THIS ONE IS. SCABBARD IS BRASS AND COLORFUL CLOTH  OUTSIDE.
THE BLADES WERE ESPECIALLY DECORATED WITH  CARVED SCRIPT MOTIVES.
IF YOU ARE BIDDING ON MORE THAN (I) ITEM AND WIN LET ME KNOW AND SHIPPING WILL BE COMBINED
(HOWEVER IF IT SLIPS BY ME A REFUND OF THE EXTRA WILL BE DONE BY PAYPAL)
PLEASE CHECK OUT THE PICTURES
NO OUT OF COUNTRY SALES
PLEASE
CHECK OUT THE OTHER NEAT AND UNUSUAL ITEMS I WILL BE LISTING
THE HANDLE HAS A TYPICAL BALKAN RAISED KNOBBED DESIGN, THE RECURVED SINGLE EDGED BLADE IS ORNAMENTED WITH A GOLD INLAID ARABIC DESIGN ON ONE SIDE PROBABLY THE MAKERS NAME OR THE OWNERS NAME. ON THE OTHER SIDE THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF BLADE IS CARVED SCRIPT MOTIVES
THE BONE IS IN VERY NICE CONDITION WITH SOME SURFACE CRACKS AND REFLECTION OF YEARS. THE BLADE IN GENERAL ITS CONDITION IS VERY NICE /NOT SHARPENED/.  THE CLOSED SWORD IS ABOUT 29-1/2" LONG, THE SCABBARD IS 23-1/2" LONG AND BLADE IS 22-1/4" LONG