Original 19th Century Abyssinian Ethiopian Shotel Sword with Silver Mounted Scabbard circa 1850 Japanese Militaria All in all a great

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Fascists owned 66 percent of the newspapers and controlled reporting

All tinnies are offered in very good condition with functional pin backs

the bolt is well marked with German inspection marks

Mk 5 differs from the Mk 2 bolt because of the square-shaped notch at the end of the bolt (pictured)

Original 19th Century Abyssinian Ethiopian Shotel Sword with Silver Mounted Scabbard circa 1850 Japanese Militaria All in all a greatOriginal 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