Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, 1862 - 1863. Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by Osman, owner Ali. steel, bone, copper, silver, coral; forging, carving, punching, damascening, gilding, filigree work yatagan: 690 : 550 : 34 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-013093 DESCRIPTION: Hilt of yellowish bone with semicircular ears and carved folds on bone plates. Band of copper, decorated with filigree work and four longish, grooved and four round corals. Continuation of the hilt and leaf-shaped decoration of the blade decorated with filigree work. Also on the continuation of the blade is filigree ringlet decoration. On the leaf-shaped decoration, a red glass eye on each side. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved, with two narrow fullers along the ridge. On one side of the blade a silver damascened medallion with seal of Solomon, on the other side, in a medallion, an Arabic inscription that in translation runs: 'Made by Osman, owner and possessor Ali. 1279 (AH).' Wants scabbard. 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. 84; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 72.