Original 19th Century Abyssinian Ethiopian Shotel Sword with Silver Mounted Scabbard circa 1850 Category_MG 34 Reciever Assembly while the bolt is retained

while the bolt is retained in the rear position

and minor imperfections in the blade

RAF Triplex models or French Meyrowitz-Luxor type goggles etc

Unfortunately the vessel ran aground whilst under the guns of the shore batteries

You wont find one this nice under $2000 anywhere

Original 19th Century Abyssinian Ethiopian Shotel Sword with Silver Mounted Scabbard circa 1850 Category_MG 34 Reciever Assembly while the bolt is retainedOriginal Item: One of a Kind. These very unusual swords with very very curved blades come from the "Horn of Africa," which includes Abyssinia, which we now know as Ethiopia. Made famous just before WWII by the Italian Invasion of that Country, and the appeal by it's Emperor Haile Selassie to the League of Nations, which the Western Powers basically ignored. It's Capital is ADDIS ABABA, a city dating back some 2,000 years and more. A Country much in