Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      BRASS-HILTED YATAGAN, 19th century Ottoman Empire : Balkans. steel, brass; engraving, forging, casting yatagan: 685 : 570 : 30 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-003082 DESCRIPTION: A hilt made of brass, with semicircular ears, decorated with baroque ornamentation. Joining band and continuation of the hilt covered in brass. Continuation of the hilt expands into leaf-shaped decoration on the blade. All parts of the hilt are decorated with baroque ornamentation. The blade is of steel, single-edged, straight, with one narrow and one broader fuller along the ridge. On both sides of the blade there are unclear inscriptions, probably in Cyrillic script. Wants scabbard. Purchased from Milan Praunsperger in 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. 179; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 173; 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. 76.