Ottoman shamshir
Vienna, Austria
Austrian Military Museum / Institute of Military History
About Austrian Military Museum / Institute of Military History, Vienna
19th century
HGM_MHI_12_Säbel (1); HGM_MHI_12_Säbel (5)
Silver, horn-handled, wood covered with leather
This Persian-style sword has a richly decorated quadrangular cross with endings in floral shape made of silver-gilt. The hilt is made of horn. The scabbard is a wooden construction which has been covered with leather. All fittings are silver-gilt, decorated with punched ornaments in Ottoman style.
"Ottoman shamshir" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;at;58;en
MWNF Working Number: AT 059