Original Indian 19th Century Tulwar Heavy Battle Sword with Handguard - Sepoy Rebellion of 1857-59 Category_MG 42 Mounts and measures about 16 inches

and measures about 16 inches in length

This indicates 1943 production by Gebrüder Klinge of Dresden-Löbtau

for a Brigadier General rank officer

On the left side of the brass pistol frame a sliding bar exposes the hidden powder pan for the second shot once the first one has been expended

the 317th used a diamond

Original Indian 19th Century Tulwar Heavy Battle Sword with Handguard - Sepoy Rebellion of 1857-59 Category_MG 42 Mounts and measures about 16 inchesOriginal Item: Only One Available. The tulwar (pronounced [tlar]), also spelled talwaar and talwar, is a type of curved sword or sabre from the Indian Subcontinent, and is found in the modern countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. It is the "traditional" fighting sword of ancient India, with examples going back 400 500 years. The word tulwar itself originates from the Sanskrit word taravri (Sanskrit: ) which means "one edged sword". The