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and the smaller one is much more finished....Comment
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This is a recent model ... was taken to Italy after the operation Restor Hope in 1993 .... industrial blade and an unusual (and pratical!) wooden scabbard ....Comment
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a Dubat postcard....Comment
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Billao in the Dubats medal and in a post-war badge....Comment
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The !st Somali battalion was formed in 1950 (I do not have on hand the exact date), with the assitance of the Italy (under the supervision of the United Nations) until independence of Somalia in 1960Comment
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the Seif! sword with straight blade, two-wire, cylindrical handle and always terminated by a larger ring, the grip of the same material or iron. It 'similar (seif in Arabic means saber) to Sudanese Kaskara (also used by dervishes) which in turn (to handle cross) recalls the classic sword Tuareg (takouba) short swords three cousins.....Comment
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my Seif with european blade....Comment
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Emperor Menelik I (from 1889 to 1913) and the Lion of Judah......Comment
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the engraved bladeComment
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here a italian coin of TwentiesComment
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and I close for now with a dignitary spearComment
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2 postacrds: Ascari and "Penne di Falco" with shotel ....Comment
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