Dalmatian yatagan

[aspalathos]

Yatagan with inscription

[AHorsa]

Beautiful piece. Thank you for sharing!

[serdar]

That is a realy interesting yatagan/handzar, it is made in dalmatia definetly but it mimics yatagans from boka kotorska, its made in brass and leser quality than bokeljski.

But most interesting part is engraving on the back, it mimics several yatagans i saw that were used or made in dalmatia under austrian, but year is little to early for that, writing is realy strange and i dont se a reason for that writing style on a dalmatian yatagan from year 1801, it should be a owner name Marko Vukasović, but why it is writen in that way in 1801 it is strange and doesent fit at all, in first half of 19 century in dalmatia it should be writen only in bosančica, a croatian cirilic leters, not in this how would be caled austrianized leters and style.

I encountered several yatagans of ottoman origin, not dalmatian made, with later aded names of owners in this style of writing a domestic name, but all are aded after 1860, year 1801 and this style doesent go together, maybe it is later aded in honor of someones birth date or what ever.

But all in all interesting yatagan.