The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Libyan Scimitar sword and scabbard. The hilt is a straight brass engraved crossguard with double langets and engraved brass strap around the tang. The bone grips are rivetted to the tang and has a pronounced bulbous curved pommel. The curved blade has a single fuller to each side to the double edged point and some light engraving in the form of wheat husks near the ricasso. The scabbard is leather covered wood and has a pin punch embossed nickel silver chape. There are two loose hanger rings on steel bands.
This sword is of a type carried by tribesmen in Cyrenaica. It was collected by the Military History section during the Second World War at Giaribub.
Turkish Shamshir sword and scabbard. The hilt is a straight silver engraved crossguard with double langets and engraved silver strap around the tang. The wooden grips are rivetted to the tang and has
Persian shamshir sword and scabbard. The hilt has a straight steel crossguard with round button ends and pointed double langets. The grips are brass and silver studded bone rivetted to the tang with s
Arabian shamshir sword and scabbard. The hilt has a straight steel crossguard with round button ends and double langets. The grips are steel rivetted to the tang and the pommel is a curved bulbous des
Arabian scimitar sword. The hilt has a straight crossguard with round flat ends and double langets. A band of reinforcing wire is soldered over the lower part of the grip and top langets to form a fer
Arabian shamshir sword. The hilt has a straight brass crossguard with round button ends and double pointed langets. The grips are bone rivetted to the tang with a brass wire bound collar and the pomme
Persian shamshir sword and scabbard. The hilt has a straight steel crossguard with round button ends and pointed langets. The grips are bone rivetted to the tang and the pommel is a curved L shape des
