"KRIEGSGERTEL"

So-called "kleiner Schwendtgertel" or "Vorschwenkgertel", Swiss, ca. 1700, Lucerne, 4th model.
Rectangular double-edged blade, one side ending in an angled hook. With two identical marks: a stylized lily in an oval, plus "L" for Lucerne. Short, solid rounded socket. Original round shaft, struck owner's mark "LUZERN" (Arsenal Collection, Lucerne).
L 151 cm.

Provenance:
- Collection M. Sigrist, Lucerne.

Exceptionally-rare Lucerne weapon and tool.
Cf. E. A. Gessler, J. Meyer-Schnyder: Katalog der Historischen Sammlungen im Rathause in Luzern, 1912, pp. 45/46.