Original 19th Century Ethiopian Sword in Scabbard with British P-1796 Blade and Horn Grip - circa 1850 Disallow PayPal & Amazon Checkout some components may display Yugoslav

some components may display Yugoslav stock markings in addition to German wartime markings

there is no visible signature (common) and has an engraved mounted silver plaque with details of the man

Steel head packed in grease

maybe intended for a surprise visit by a bear

and would have had a strap that snapped onto this cover

Original 19th Century Ethiopian Sword in Scabbard with British P-1796 Blade and Horn Grip - circa 1850 Disallow PayPal & Amazon Checkout some components may display YugoslavOriginal Item: One of a Kind. These swords with exotic horn grips 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. Its Capital is ADDIS ABABA, a city dating back some 2,000 years and more. A Country much in the news but also a