Period Photos of People with Ethnographic Arms

cyten · 11th July 2022, 12:02 AM

Albanian with Turkish Shishane

gp · 12th July 2022, 08:50 PM

Bosnian gent around 1890-1900

gp · 13th July 2022, 07:27 PM

another Bosnian man and a print from a monthly paper showing the Bosnisch-Herzegowinsche Infanterie Regiment marching in a Bosnian town ( either Mostar or Sarajevo)

mahratt · 13th July 2022, 08:39 PM

Officers Turkmen (Tekin) cavalry regiment (subdivision army Russian Empire) with traditional Turkmen weapons: shamshirs and kards

gp · 13th July 2022, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mahratt

Officers Turkmen (Tekin) cavalry regiment (subdivision army Russian Empire) with traditional Turkmen weapons: shamshirs and kards

this kard looks beautiful to me , more than interesting ;
what kind of kard would it be? from which country / origin ?

mahratt · 13th July 2022, 11:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gp

this kard looks beautiful to me , more than interesting ;
what kind of kard would it be? from which country / origin ?

This is a Turkmen Kard knife from Central Asia. Turkmen tribes lived in the 19th - early 20th centuries on the territory and on the border of the Khiva Khanate.

gp · 19th July 2022, 09:33 PM

Thank you very much for adding the picture ; these look amazing !☼

Hope to own one of these someday .....

would these kards perhaps be the same as the one by Islam Khodja or would his be another / different one ?

11th July 2022, 12:02 AM	#1
cyten Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: Caucasus Posts: 94	Albanian with Turkish Shishane Attached Images

12th July 2022, 08:50 PM	#2
gp Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 830	Bosnian gent around 1890-1900 Attached Images

13th July 2022, 07:27 PM	#3
gp Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 830	another Bosnian man and a print from a monthly paper showing the Bosnisch-Herzegowinsche Infanterie Regiment marching in a Bosnian town ( either Mostar or Sarajevo) Attached Images

13th July 2022, 08:39 PM	#4
mahratt Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Russia Posts: 1,042	Officers Turkmen (Tekin) cavalry regiment (subdivision army Russian Empire) with traditional Turkmen weapons: shamshirs and kards Attached Images

19th July 2022, 09:33 PM	#7
gp Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 830	Thank you very much for adding the picture ; these look amazing !☼ Hope to own one of these someday ..... would these kards perhaps be the same as the one by Islam Khodja or would his be another / different one ? Attached Images Last edited by gp; 19th July 2022 at 10:37 PM.