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OsobistGB · 28th March 2019, 10:44 PM

Hi Steve,
The sword is artillery Ober-officer M 1882/1909 was in arms in the Ottoman Empire.The portepee is not Turkish and is probably added later.Perhaps it is Prussian but I can not be categorical

28th March 2019, 10:44 PM	#2
OsobistGB Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Posts: 95	Hi Steve, The sword is artillery Ober-officer M 1882/1909 was in arms in the Ottoman Empire.The portepee is not Turkish and is probably added later.Perhaps it is Prussian but I can not be categorical