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gp · 21st January 2024, 06:13 PM

very beautiful ! My compliments ☼☼☼

back to your question; I have a bichaq with a similar star / sun like marking but also can not place it other then Ottoman and perhaps ( a guess only) Black sea area....

But against that guess is the fish / dolphin-like creature at the bottom of the scabbard which one can find in the Kotor erea and Greece or actually Crete.

Another strange but most beautiful decoration are the 2 eagles on top of the grip / handle at the inside part, which is seperated and not connected like a double headed eagle which is known from Montenegro, Albania, Habsburg/Austria and Russia?

21st January 2024, 06:13 PM	#4
gp Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 663	very beautiful ! My compliments ☼☼☼ back to your question; I have a bichaq with a similar star / sun like marking but also can not place it other then Ottoman and perhaps ( a guess only) Black sea area.... But against that guess is the fish / dolphin-like creature at the bottom of the scabbard which one can find in the Kotor erea and Greece or actually Crete. Another strange but most beautiful decoration are the 2 eagles on top of the grip / handle at the inside part, which is seperated and not connected like a double headed eagle which is known from Montenegro, Albania, Habsburg/Austria and Russia? Last edited by gp; 22nd January 2024 at 01:46 AM.