Original Ottoman Decorated Yataghan Bone-Handled Short Sword with Scabbard - circa 1800 Empire Edged Weapons Truncheon measures 16" overall this

Truncheon measures 16" overall this has just come out of a very old collection and retains the remains of many years of Brass Polish in the cracks

and is even the same size and weight as the original

Ball turret gunner: Graham Nye

where they were incorporated into the 82nd Airborne Division

Original Ottoman Decorated Yataghan Bone-Handled Short Sword with Scabbard - circa 1800 Empire Edged Weapons Truncheon measures 16" overall thisOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is really nice nice Yataghan short sword measuring 30 inches long, which dates to around 1800. It comes from the Ottoman Empire, which at it's peak included TURKEY and most Middle Eastern Countries, stretching from what is today Bulgaria across to Iran and right across North Africa to Morocco. A vast Empire lasting from the 1500's until 1918 and the close of the First World War. The sword has the characteristic