Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, second half of the 18th century - second half of the 19th century Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Owner Mehmed. steel, bone, brass, coral; forging, carving, punching, damascening, filigree work, gilding yatagan: 720 : 585 : 33 mm; scabbard: 635 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-000278 DESCRIPTION: A hilt of yellow bone with truncated ears. Band of the hilt of gilt metal, decorated with filigree work, and three longish and two round corals. On the continuation of the hilt, filigree ringlet decoration, and on the leaf-shaped part, filigree decoration too. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved, with a single narrow fuller along the ridge. On the blade on one side a silver damascened mark of the seal of Solomon, and on the other a partially legible Arabic inscription that in translation runs: ' ... owner Mehmed'. Scabbard wooden, covered in leather, mounted at mouth and tip. Found in Bosnia. From the Dr Josip Fon Collection, Zagreb. 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. 101; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 89.