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

Sabre

Detailed information

Name of the object

Sabre

Inventory №

1305

Location

Shumen Regional Museum

Material from which the item is made

Metal – gold, silver, copper, iron, bronze

Dimensions and weight

Overall length 850 mm, length of the blade 720 mm, width of the blade 20 mm, thickness of the blade 5 mm

Method of acquisition and location

Cultural period of creation

New History

Item description

The guard and the hilt are from a guards soldier’s sabre, model from 1924/36. The original blade is replaced by a Turkish one – lighter and narrow, richly engraved with floral motifs and a crescent. The scabbard is missing.
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