Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Naval Officer’s Dress Sword, by Alexander Coppel consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Reichsarbeitsdienst der weiblichen Jugend Dienstauszeichnung

(Reichsarbeitsdienst der weiblichen Jugend Dienstauszeichnung in Gold)

A well-preserved SS portepee for an NCO’s Degen

some of the stickers have become partially detached (but all are retained)

the exterior bordered by golden threaded bands

the Medal and the Chain were copyrighted by their respective authors in 1996

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. A Naval Officer’s Dress Sword, by Alexander Coppel consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac (Reichsarbeitsdienst der weiblichen Jugend DienstauszeichnungAn unusual Ottoman Navy Officers dress sword, measuring 91 cm in total length. It features a 78 cm long, nickel plated, magnetic steel blade with a gentle curvature and with a narrow fuller running the majority of the length of the top edge of each side of the blade. Both the tip and lower edge retain their factory original sharpening. The blade bears double sided acid etched imagery consisting of central Ottoman crescents surrounding five pointed