Original Ottoman Empire WWI Turkish Model 1909 Officers Short Sword with Scabbard & Sword Knot French Edged Weapons There are also two additional

There are also two additional boxes

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Original Ottoman Empire WWI Turkish Model 1909 Officers Short Sword with Scabbard & Sword Knot French Edged Weapons There are also two additionalOriginal 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