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Old 1st March 2012, 04:41 AM   #1
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Default Afghan Sabre Quillon; Translate ?

Running this by again:
I know we have some new members, possibly AJ; might you have an idea about the stamp on the quillon ?

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Old 2nd March 2012, 05:57 PM   #2
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could you get a close up pic please ?
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Old 2nd March 2012, 07:45 PM   #3
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Had to hunt through old posts to find it .
I think this is the proper orientation .
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it is a year stamp, does it have anything on the other side?
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Old 3rd March 2012, 04:41 AM   #5
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Hi AJ, just a shadow of the stamp on the forte as far as I can tell .
Forte pictured:
A shadow on the reverse of the quillon shown in this link :
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...t=Afghan+Sabre
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The stamp is the government seal of mehrab and munbar (kinda like the alter area of a mosque) it is 69 years old. Made in the Jangalak factory in Kabul during the reign of Zaher Shah. I saw in the link a refference to Mazar e sharif, there was not arsenal or military factory in Mazar e sharif, just the Jangalak factory, localy knon as Kaar Khaana e Jangalak, کار خانه جنگلک you'd also see that in some Marini Henries. hope it sheds some light.
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