he drove the enemy from their posts and defended these against repeated and vicious enemy attacks with the most praiseworthy zeal
and blue detailing
head of eagle slightly "cut off" (due to manufacturing defect)
Heart and lungs are normal
adjustable tab with reinforced button hole
Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Officer’s Dress Sword, by Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Cie United Republic of he drove the enemy fromAn Ottoman Army Officers dress sword, measuring 99 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features an 84. cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and with a fuller running the majority of the length of each side. The upper half of the blade bears double sided, acid etched designs consisting of arabesque imagery flanked by cannons, helmets, drums, and standard flags. The obverse features a tughra, while the