Original Ottoman Empire WWI Turkish Model 1909 Officers Short Sword with Scabbard & Sword Knot Nepalese Cache Extras The metal loop on the

The metal loop on the pommel is still present

Meinel-Scholer

until otherwise advised by my regimental commander

This famous picture was taken in 1916

The rabbit featured on the 29th Bombardment Squadron (later designated the 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron) patch is officially described as a “pugnacious hare

Original Ottoman Empire WWI Turkish Model 1909 Officers Short Sword with Scabbard & Sword Knot Nepalese Cache Extras The metal loop on theOriginal 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