TM 9 – 6035 “ORDNANCE MAINTENANCE / TELESCOPE MOUNT T169E1”, DATED MARCH 1954, 36 PAGES

1900’S ERA NE AFRICA (EITHIOPIAN HAILE SELASSIE?/ IRANIAN?) IN COUNTRY MADE SWORD, THE LARGER 2″ (AT HILT) X 29″ CURVED BLADE HAS 3 BLOOD GROOVES AND IS IN FINE CONDITION AND FAIRLY BRIGHT, THE BLADE HAS A VERY FINE “E & C” HM ON EACH SIDE OF A SMALL TRIANGLE WITH “S2”? INSIDE THE TRIANGLE, BESIDES SEVERAL ARABIC CHARCTERS ON THE BLADE, THE GRIP HAS A THIN 3 FINGER BRASS BASKET GUARD (ONE OF THE BRASS FINGERS NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED) WITH TWISTED WIRE OVER AN EBONY? GRIP , THE BRASS BASKET HAS “DUAL RAMPANT LIONS WITH AN ELEPHANT ON TOP” DESIGN (IRANIAN?) ON THE FRONT OF GUARD, BACK OF THE BRASS GUARD HAS A ROW OF SEVERAL ARABIC CHARCTERS DOWN THE BACK STRAP, SWORD IS IN OVERALL VG+/FINE CONDITION, SORRY NO SCABBARD