Beautiful sword

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by Multumesc

And ultimately, from what century is this karabela sword

Sorry the discourse was not more explicit, we got side tracked with the history of the form In my opinion this is likely a much older blade but remounted in a 'karabela' style hilt more recently made.

Actually these karabela sabres have I believe been pretty much regularly used in a parade or ceremonial sense since the end of the 17th c., which is why they have often been described as the 'national sword of Poland'. While it seems odd that a sword of apparent Ottoman heritage would be so chosen, but the victory over the Turks by Polish king John Sobieski III at Vienna in 1683 was one of the most significant in Polish history.