Original Ottoman Empire WWI Turkish Model 1909 Officers Short Sword with Scabbard & Sword Knot Nepalese Cache Extras The metal loop on the

The metal loop on the pommel is still present

They have been finished with some type of varnish

who was credited with destroying eight B-29s and damaging another eight before he was shot down by a B-29 crew

It is faintly marked 56

the background was in silver so that the date and facsimile signature could be seen

Original Ottoman Empire WWI Turkish Model 1909 Officers Short Sword with Scabbard & Sword Knot Nepalese Cache Extras The metal loop on theOriginal item: Only One Available. Here we have a very nice Model 1909 officer's short sword from the closing days of the Ottoman Empire. Founded in 1299, by the 19th Century it was only a shadow of what it had been, and choosing the fight on the Central Powers side during WWI proved to be its undoing. Nevertheless, they still were able to field a substantial and well armed (with German Help) force during WWI, and this very smart officers short sword