Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An M1890 Mauser Bayonet visually-hidden (Adler Abzeichen)

(Adler Abzeichen)

due to hardening of the lens of the eye causing the eye to focus light behind

unmarked but with the physical characteristics of manufacture by Gottlieb & Wagner

a typical Spanish ball-tipped Maltese Cross in finely gilded silver

Hanns Möller

Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An M1890 Mauser Bayonet visually-hidden (Adler Abzeichen)Model 1890 Turkish Mauser Bayonet featuring a 52 cm blade, marked above guard, with wooden grips held to the tang with two screw bolts, the cross guard is stamped in Turkish Arabic with a rack number, muzzle ring and a down turned hooked quillion, accompanied by its original blkac leather scabbard, threading having loosened over time, remains fine and uncommon.