Period Photos of People with Ethnographic Arms

[estcrh]

Mr. Nichan, an Armenian, born at Savaz, Armenia, about 500 miles from Constantinople. He was one of the life guards of the late Sultan Abdul Aziz (he died 1876). The Ottoman kilij sword he wears, sheathed in a beautiful scabbard set with jewels and richly ornamented, was presented to him by the Sultan for meritorious services. From the book "Portrait types of the Midway Plaisance", 1894, a collection of photographs taken at the 6 months of the Worlds Columbian exposition.

[Battara]

This kilij looks to be one of those examples covered in corals and turquoise.

Great to have background info.

[estcrh]

Originally Posted by Battara

This kilij looks to be one of those examples covered in corals and turquoise.

Great to have background info.

Actually it came from an old forum post on that subject. I just edited the image a bit.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5860