Yatagan with Scabbard, dated 1238 1822, Anatolian or Balkan, Steel, silver, gold, coral, L. 29 1/4 in. ( cm); L

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Yatagan with Scabbard, dated 1238 1822, Anatolian or Balkan, Steel, silver, gold, coral, L. 29 1/4 in. ( cm); L. of blade 22 1/8 in. ( cm); Wt. of scabbard 1 lb. 13 oz. ( g), Swords, This type of weapon, with a double-curved blade and a bifurcated pommel, is known as a yatagan. It was commonly used in Anatolia and the Balkans during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by the sultan's elite corps, or Janissaries, and was carried in the waistband

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