Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      BRASS-HILTED YATAGAN, 19th century Ottoman Empire : Balkans. steel, brass, wood, leather; forging, carving, casting yatagan: 640 : 525 : 30 mm; scabbard: 580 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-003081 DESCRIPTION: Brass hilt, with truncated ears, decorated with baroque ornamentation. Joining band and continuation of the hilt and leaf-shaped decoration of the blade decorated with baroque ornamentation. The blade is of steel, single-edged, straight, with fuller along the ridge. Scabbard wooden, clad in leather and mounted at the mouth. Purchased from Milan Praunsperger, Zagreb 1940. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Boskovic, Dora. Zbirka jatagana u Hrvatskom povijesnom muzeju u Zagrebu = The Yatagan Collection of the Croatian History Museum, Zagreb. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XLI. Zagreb : Hrvatski povijesni muzej, 2006. Kat. No. 168; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 152.