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    Arms and Armoury Collection
         DARK-HILTED YATAGAN OF THE DALMATIAN LANDWEHR MARKSMEN SQUADS M 1869, 1888.
    Austria
    steel, bone, brass; forging, carving
    yatagan: 740 : 600 : 30 mm
    Inv. No.: HPM/PMH-018154


    DESCRIPTION:
    Hilt of dark bone, with large rounded ears set well apart. All around, nails with decorative brass ringlets on both sides. Joining band and continuation of hilt wrought together with blade. The blade is of steel, single-edged, curved, with fuller along the hilt. On the interior side of the joining band the marking: 81.L(and).W(ehr).B(ataillon).153.
    Wants scabbard.
    Ceded by Dusan Njegovan in Zagreb, 1941.

    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. 159;
    Sercer, Marija. Jatagani u Povijesnom muzeju Hrvatske. Katalog muzejskih zbirki XI. Zagreb : Povijesni muzej Hrvatske, 1975. Kat. Nr. 143;
    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. 69.