Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      DARK-HILTED YATAGAN, end of 18th - second half of 19th century Ottoman Empire : Balkans. Made by Ferid. steel, bone, brass, lead, leather; forging, carving, etching yatagan: 650 : 520 : 30 mm; scabbard: 560 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-003074 DESCRIPTION: Hilt of dark bone, with smallish, rounded ears, decorated with hammered lead and brass nails, ringlets and small yellow-green decorative plates. Band of metal, decorated with serrated lines on the edge. Continuation of the hilt of brass, with leaf-shaped decoration of the blade with baroque ornamentation, wound around a stylised solar circle. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved. On one side of the blade, ornamentation with very freely stylised seal of Solomon or sun sign, and on the other side an impressed mark with the name 'Ferid' and an illegible inscription. Wooden scabbard, fully covered with leather. In the upper part of the sheath, a brass button. 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. 115; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 104; 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. 54.