Early Hungarian Sabre

Victrix · 27th January 2018, 12:11 PM

Looks like an Arab Saif with a Hungarian ”trophy” blade to me. These links may be of interest:

http://www.swordforum.com/forums/sho...ungarian-blade

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/18147/lot/7/

It’s not impossible that the sword could have been used in the Balkans.

Not sure what the lion passant symbol is doing there as typically the Habsburg eagle was used on these blades. A lion is a heraldic symbol of the Kingdom of Bohemia, but was also the symbol of Sultan Baybars founder of the Mamluk state. I can’t see any details in the pictures of the blade.

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27th January 2018, 12:11 PM	#4
Victrix Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Sweden Posts: 755	Looks like an Arab Saif with a Hungarian ”trophy” blade to me. These links may be of interest: http://www.swordforum.com/forums/sho...ungarian-blade https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/18147/lot/7/ It’s not impossible that the sword could have been used in the Balkans. Not sure what the lion passant symbol is doing there as typically the Habsburg eagle was used on these blades. A lion is a heraldic symbol of the Kingdom of Bohemia, but was also the symbol of Sultan Baybars founder of the Mamluk state. I can’t see any details in the pictures of the blade.