Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Enveriye Dagger, C.1915 GTRexclude oval shaped silvered bronze

oval shaped silvered bronze

MÄRZ 1938” centrally and circumscribed “EIN VOLK

5 mm x 64 mm inclusive of its crown suspension

2 FIELD AMBULANCE R

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Enveriye Dagger, C.1915 GTRexclude oval shaped silvered bronzeThis is a very well preserved First War period Ottoman Enveriye dagger, constructed of a moderately curved 205 mm long magnetic steel blade, with blunt edges and a slightly sharpened tip. The obverse blade is marked near the ricasso with an array of symbols, including the monogram of Sultan Mehmed V, the Ottoman star and crescent, and an Islamic year equating to 1918. The reverse is inscribed in Arabic text with the Shahada, the Islamic profession of