sword -strange symbols or letters

Discussion in 'Militaria' started by sturag, Mar 15, 2016.

  1. sturag

    sturag New Member

    Has anyone seen this kind of symbols or letters. I'm from Europe.
    Thanks
     

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  2. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

    My 1st thought was Arabic , who knows why .
     
  3. Hollyblue

    Hollyblue Well-Known Member

    It would help to see the whole sword and handle.
     
  4. GaleriaGila

    GaleriaGila Hola, y'all!

    Hola, Sturag, and welcome to the Forums!
    I can't get your photo to enlarge, for some reason... would you please go to "Edit" and click on the photo to make it "Full Image"?
    Please and thank you! :joyful:

    EDIT

    Sorry! Working fine now! Neverminnnnnd!
     
    Last edited: Mar 15, 2016
  5. lauragarnet

    lauragarnet Well-Known Member

  6. sturag

    sturag New Member

    Thanks lauragarnet and johnnycb09. Sorry for my English I hope you will understand me.
    I also think It could be from Ottoman empire (if it is original). I am from Croatia.

    I found this on internet:

    "The Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War is the name for a sequence of conflicts, mostly of relatively low-intensity,between the Ottoman Empire and the medieval Kingdom of Croatia (ruled by the Jagiellon and Zápolya dynasties), and the later Habsburg Kingdom of Croatia.

    Pope Leo X called Croatia the Antemurale Christianitatis in 1519,[6] given that Croatian soldiers made significant contributions to the struggle against the Turks. The advancement of the Ottoman Empire in Europe was stopped in 1593 on Croatian soil (Battle of Sisak), which could be in this sense regarded as a historical gate of European civilization. Nevertheless, the Muslim Ottoman Empire occupied parts of Croatia from the 16th to the end of the 17th century"
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    Last edited: Mar 16, 2016
  7. springfld.arsenal

    springfld.arsenal Store: http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/

    Cannot begin an assessment until seeing entire item and knowing dimensions. What I see in the one photo appears to be no earlier than 20th C. Blade does not look like that of a forged steel sword either on the surface of the metal or the shape of the surface.
     
    Last edited: Mar 16, 2016
  8. sturag

    sturag New Member

    The lenght of the sword is 25.6 in.
    I found it in my grandfather's attic
    Maybe it is replica
     
  9. springfld.arsenal

    springfld.arsenal Store: http://www.springfieldarsenal.net/

    Still need overall photos. Agree with replica based on limited info we have so far.
     
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