YATAGAN

Ottoman Empire, 1878
Curved single-edged blade with a wedge-shaped cross-section, decorated on the left side with an engraved date 1296 in the Islamic Hijri calendar (corresponding to 1878 in the Gregorian calendar). Decorated near the handle with embossed silver sheet with gemstones. The handle is made of dark horn. Total l. 74 cm. Condition B.