The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Imperial Russian Pattern 1909 Cavalry Officer's sword and scabbard. The blackened brass hilt has a D shape stirrup guard with the cypher of Nicholas II on the pommel. The grip is black bone with horizontal rings. The curved blade has a wide central fuller with two smaller fullers near the back edge on both sides to 145 mm from the point. An Imperial Russian eagle is etched on the left side and the cypher of Nicholas II on the right near the ricasso which is stamped ALEX COPPEL SOLINGEN and the trade mark of a set of scales. The black leather scabbard has a black brass chape and locket with a loose hanger ring on a band 150 mm from the throat.
This sword was collected on the plain near the right bank of the river Tigris at Baghdad.
Imperial German Artillery Officer's sword and scabbard. The gilt nickel steel hilt is a P stirrup type with a lions head backstrap pommel and has crossed cannon on the langet. The grips are black bake
Turkish Officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a brass D shape stirrup guard with a floral pattern and a crescent moon and star on the front and rear langets. The brass back strap has a laurel lea
Imperial German Navy Officer's sword and scabbard. The gilt brass hilt has a small basket guard, marked GES.GESCH, with a folding front shell that has a crown over fouled anchor badge on the front and
Imperial German Army Officer's Sword and Scabbard. The brass hilt has a P shape stirrup guard and back strap with an oak leaf design. The black horn grip is bound with brass wire. The slightly curved
Russian Pattern 1881 Cossack Trooper's sword and scabbard. The hilt has a brass ferrule and a pommel in the shape of a birds beak with a hole for a wrist strap. The wooden grips have diagonal grooves.
Imperial German Model 1889 Infantry Officer's Sword and Scabbard. The hilt has a gilded nickel steel guard with the outer folding edge having the Imperial German eagle of Kaiser Wilhelm II. The brass