Project “Creation and presentation of digitally accessible cultural heritage of Shumen Municipality”

Sabre

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Name of the object

Sabre

Inventory №

1304

Location

Shumen Regional Museum

Material from which the item is made

Metal – gold, silver, copper, iron, bronze

Dimensions and weight

Overall length 990 mm, length of the blade 855 mm, width of the blade 35 mm, thickness of the blade 5 mm

Method of acquisition and location

Cultural period of creation

New History

Item description

Bulgarian- guards, soldier’s. The blade is of forged steel, with curved backwards edge and two wide fullers. Made in Austria-Hungary by “Johann Zelinka”. The scabbard is of sheet steel, with two suspension rings and loops. The hilt is of wood, covered with leather and twistied bronze wire. The guard is with two crossbars, projecting in a lion’s head. It belonged to Colonel Stefan Bonchev from Sofia.
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Administrative contract on the project “Creation and presentation of digitally accessible cultural heritage of the Municipality of Shumen, according to the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area 2014-2021, Program “Cultural entrepreneurship, heritage and cooperation”, Result 1 “Improved management of cultural heritage”, Under result 1.2 “Digitally accessible objects of cultural heritage”

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