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Old 10th July 2006, 06:35 PM   #12
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Very handsome sword, but not Polish and certainly not a karabela type. This is Hungarian Revival work of the 1850s-1890s. It represents an artistic approach on the part of ethnic Hungarians to react to Austrian dominance at the Austro-Hungarian Court.

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