Broadsword with scabbard / set composed of broadsword with scabbard and Pusikan, Ottoman, 2 Half of the 16th Century. Blade iron, forged; vessel and silver scabbard fittings, wrought, gilded and set with turquoises, rubies and Nephrite. 100.7 cm Blade length 88.4 cm Weight 1,087 g. Y 0344. Armoury. © Dresden State Art Collections 2013

In gratitude for their support in the imperial election and to strengthen the alliance Emperor Ferdinand II sent a magnificently caparisoned horse with three Ottoman weapons, of which a sword has not survived to the present day, as a gift to the Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony. On 14 February 1620 handed over the imperial envoys Duke Heinrich Julius of Saxe-Lauenburg this gift in Torgau. The two remaining weapons (inv Y 0244, Y 0245) are completely covered with gilded silver plate. It is a dense, lofty foliage on stippled background and are evenly distributed over the surface turquoises, rubies and more Nephritplatten inlaid with gold leaves, small turquoises and rubies. The blade of the Pallaschs has remnants of a former Tauschierung. As with many other Ottoman and Transylvanian weapons of the 16th Century runs to the curved blade guard here in dragon heads, whose eyes are made of turquoise inlay. On the back of the scabbard is decorated with rosettes and simple tendrils into medallions.Medallions in various shapes embedded and decor is widespread in Islamic art and can be found in various materials. A typical example is the application of the tents. Apparently, it was during the 16thCentury fashion, to transfer this form of decoration in semi-precious stone.