Hrvatski povijesni muzej / Croatian History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Arms and Armoury Collection      LIGHT-HILTED YATAGAN, 1840 - 1860. Ottoman Empire, Balkans. steel, bone, copper, silver; forging, carving, damascening, gilding yatagan: 780 : 610 : 33 mm Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-013053 DESCRIPTION: Hilt of light yellow bone with quite large truncated ears. Band of gilt copper, decorated with impressed plant ornaments. On the continuation of the hilt is a bead ornament, and on the leaf-shaped part a decoration of filigree work with rosettes. On the ridge, a fish scale decoration. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved, with a narrow fuller along the ridge. On one side of the blade a decoration in an incorporated medallion in which there is the mark of a seal of Solomon, and on the other an Arabic inscription that is illegible. 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. 121; Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 110; 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. 56.