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

Sabre

     

Detailed information

Name of the object

Sabre

Inventory №

1303

Location

Shumen Regional Museum

Material from which the item is made

Metal – gold, silver, copper, iron, bronze

Dimensions and weight

Overall length 950 mm, length of the blade 810 mm, width of the blade 29 mm, thickness of the blade 10 mm

Method of acquisition and location

Cultural period of creation

New History

Item description

The blade is of forged steel, with curved backwards edge with no fullers. Made in Austria-Hungary, Vienna by “Johann Zelinka”. The scabbard is of sheet steel. The scabbard tip protector is round. The hilt is of wood, covered with leather and twisted bronze wire. The guard is with two crossbars, projecting in a rounded butt.
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