The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 design with a hammered silver cap. The curved blade has a broad fuller to each side with a smaller groove for about 320 mm in the centre, near the back edge and has a clipped back, doubled edged point. On the right side just below the ricasso are two panels with arabic inscriptions. The scabbard is black leather covered wood with silver arebesque fittings that incorporate two fixed hanger rings. A yellow cord and leather strap is fitted to the to the top strap ring.
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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
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
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 pro
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
Turkish Officer's sword and scabbard. The hilt is a brass three bar half basket with a crescent moon on the front cartouche and a plain brass curved back strap pommel. The grips are black leather with
