Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Enveriye Dagger, C.1915 Auction measuring 210x148mm

measuring 210x148mm

5cm long and 2

with its original paper packet of issue

having served with the 30th Gunnery Regiment from 1915 to 1918

WWI French Cap Sized Pilot Badge by Morat - In bronze gilt

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Enveriye Dagger, C.1915 Auction measuring 210x148mmThis 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