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Originally Posted by ariel
It is unquestionably Turkish, second half of the 19th century, military. That's when the Turks decided to model their military after the European, in particular German example. Moltke, a young officer then, was put in charge.
The swords were modeled after the traditional Kilic Adjemi, that was uncannily similar to the European Mameluke swords ( surprise, surprise...). Initially, they had handmade blades, but toward the end of the century, there were more and more light, nickel-plated ones. the wire-stitching of the scabbards disappeared. The cross-guard with down-turned quillons is typical of the era.
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Ariel,
I have run across 3 seperate examples like the sword pictured which had Caucasian marked blades. All 3, without scabbards, had a blade with a stamp just like the one, top center, on p. 334 of Atstatsuvurians book. What do you think the connection is?