possible ottoman turkish naval sword

mavi1970 · 22nd January 2011, 03:01 PM

Just took possesion of this sword with the hunch it might be ottoman, due to the naval insignia however its made by coulaux e klingenthal. This is etched into the spine of the blade by the handle, very faint to see but there. does anyone know if they ever made any swords for the ottoman turkish navy? I thought most of the blades swords came from internal or german.
thanks

mavi1970 · 23rd January 2011, 02:50 PM

does anyone have any input into this sword and whether it is ottoman turkish or french?
thanks

Henk · 23rd January 2011, 03:32 PM

Try to show a picture of the complete sword

graeme gt · 23rd January 2011, 04:53 PM

Got the same sword its French cant remember the date but its post Napoleon.

Jim McDougall · 23rd January 2011, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by mavi1970

does anyone have any input into this sword and whether it is ottoman turkish or french?
thanks

Just curious, what makes you believe it is Ottoman ?

mavi1970 · 24th January 2011, 02:29 PM

The only reason I thought it might be Ottoman or Turkish was the naval insignia, I didnt think any other countries had the exact same anchor with the serpent around it, but obviously the french sword must have the same.
thanks

mavi1970 · 24th January 2011, 02:51 PM

as your best guess what do you think the age would be since its post napolean? with the signature as denoted?

22nd January 2011, 03:01 PM	#1
mavi1970 Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: canada Posts: 90	possible ottoman turkish naval sword Just took possesion of this sword with the hunch it might be ottoman, due to the naval insignia however its made by coulaux e klingenthal. This is etched into the spine of the blade by the handle, very faint to see but there. does anyone know if they ever made any swords for the ottoman turkish navy? I thought most of the blades swords came from internal or german. thanks Attached Images

23rd January 2011, 02:50 PM	#2
mavi1970 Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: canada Posts: 90	does anyone have any input into this sword and whether it is ottoman turkish or french? thanks

23rd January 2011, 03:32 PM	#3
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	Try to show a picture of the complete sword

23rd January 2011, 04:53 PM	#4
graeme gt Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 97	Got the same sword its French cant remember the date but its post Napoleon.

24th January 2011, 02:29 PM	#6
mavi1970 Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: canada Posts: 90	The only reason I thought it might be Ottoman or Turkish was the naval insignia, I didnt think any other countries had the exact same anchor with the serpent around it, but obviously the french sword must have the same. thanks

24th January 2011, 02:51 PM	#7
mavi1970 Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: canada Posts: 90	as your best guess what do you think the age would be since its post napolean? with the signature as denoted?