Hi there is big similarity with yataghans from Algeria and the ones from the Greek islands. They copied the Algerian style as well the Algerian dress. So this lanyard reminds buttons from Cretan dress, but this in turn is very similar to the Algerian as well with some other areas of the ottoman world.This is becase the Barbary states were superpower at that time, and also because Algerian troops were used as invading troops during the Venetian-Turkish war that led to the conquest of Crete.
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