Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Naval Officer’s Dress Sword, by Alexander Coppel Auction Archive flanked by raised angels and

flanked by raised angels and above an inscription of “PATRIAE ET HUMANITATI” (“PATRIOTISM AND HUMANITY”)

with a chocolate brown corduroy underside

One of the fifty-three casualties was Petty Officer R

The four proceeding British parachute infantry battalions had been raised by volunteers from all ranks of the army

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Naval Officer’s Dress Sword, by Alexander Coppel Auction Archive flanked by raised angels andAn 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