India, Persia. An Indo-Persian Dagger GTRexclude 7 mm (w) x 42

7 mm (w) x 42 mm (h)

Adjacent to the moisture guard is a black ink stamp clearly reading “Eigentum Ordensburg Vogelsang”

but when I got to it

Both exhibiting great detail

as well as two additional pages for miscellaneous notes

India, Persia. An Indo-Persian Dagger GTRexclude 7 mm (w) x 42Dagger with an Indian Damascus style iron steel blade, magnetic, with dull sides and a semi sharp tip, with an ornate and intricate Koftgari design on both sides, the reverse incorporating a shield as part of the design, the blade measuring 135 in length, magnetic metal crossguard with flared quillons and bearing a similar design to that used on the blade, both sides of the handle are inlaid with seven pieces of interlocking bone, the magnetic metal