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Old 25th September 2009, 03:31 PM   #2
Jim McDougall
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Originally Posted by Bally555
Can anyone please decipher/translate this mark on one of my blades, it would really be appreciated.
Hello Bally, and welcome to the forum!!
There are a number of members here who can offer help with translation on this Islamic cartouche on what appears to be a 'watered' shamshir blade?
It would be great to see the entire sword for context.
Thank you for posting this,
Best regards,
Jim
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