Arabian shamshir with Hungarian blade

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Originally Posted by Philip

The inscription, badly spelled, should read VINCERE AUT MORI HUNGARIA -- conquer or die for Hungary. It was frequently used on northern and eastern European blades of the 17th and 18th cents.

Ooopss I think that is an improper translation
Vincere aut mori is a latin sentence used by gladiators in the arena
its "Kill or die" (meaning), victory or death (litteraly)
its was then reused on many 18th European blades in French and Spanish too.
Another word was added a country, Patria or sometimes just the name of the king Roy or Rey... Then the moto became Nationalist...