Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Naval Officer’s Dress Sword, by Alexander Coppel Auction 1944) was a German general

1944) was a German general during the Second World War

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later Infantry Regiment 102

measuring approximately 75 mm (w) x 70 mm (h)

scattered nips in the black wool band

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Naval Officer’s Dress Sword, by Alexander Coppel Auction 1944) was a German generalAn unusual Ottoman Navy Officers dress sword, measuring 91 cm in total length. It features a 78 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a gentle curvature and with a narrow fuller running the majority of the length of the top edge of each side of the blade. Both the tip and lower edge retain their factory original sharpening. The blade bears double sided acid etched imagery consisting of central Ottoman crescents surrounding five pointed