Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      BRASS-HILTED YATAGAN, 19th century Ottoman Empire : Balkans steel, brass, silver, wood, leather; forging, carving, damascening, casting yatagan: 700 : 565 : 38 mm; scabbard: 600 mm Inv. Nr.: HPM/PMH-013051 DESCRIPTION: A hilt made of brass, with truncated ears, decorated with baroque ornamentation. Continuation of hilt forged together with blade and decorated with fish scale motif with dotted pattern. The blade is of steel, single-edged, straight, with rough, linear ornamentation in the upper part. Scabbard wooden, sheathed in brass mounting, partially ornamented. From the Fraternity of the Croatian Dragon Museum, Ozalj. 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. 171; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 155; Jatagane aus dem Historischen Museum von Kroatien in Zagreb (Agram). Sonderausstellung im Landeszeughaus 9. April - 7. Juni 1976. Graz : Landeszeughaus am Landesmuseum Joanneum, 1976. Kat. Nr. 74.