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27th January 2018, 12:11 PM
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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, 03:32 PM
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27th January 2018, 07:09 PM
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Very similar swords have been discussed here on the forum previously. Please see: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...light=hungaria where I can now see the lion motif.
and: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12450 |
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28th January 2018, 04:20 AM
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Hugarian Sabre
Hi Guys
Thanks for the information and in particular the links to previous posts. I will print these out for Alex so he can read them and make his own conclusion with regard to this sword. Thanks again Cheers Cathey and Rex |
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