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German, beginning of the 17th century.
Iron hilt, octagonal pommel, flat rivet head, hexagonal quillons. Grip wrapped with iron wire. Double-edged blade (L 34.9 cm), ricasso, hollow cut in the middle, with an etched sequence of letters.
L 47.5 cm.
Cf. Hugo Schneider: Griffwaffen I, Waffen im Schweiz. Landesmuseum, 1980, nos. 484-492. Heribert Seitz: Blankwaffen II, Braunschweig 1968, pp. 185-187.
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German, beginning of the 17th century.
Iron hilt, octagonal pommel, flat rivet head, hexagonal quillons. Grip wrapped with iron wire. Double-edged blade (L 34.9 cm), ricasso, hollow cut in the middle, with an etched sequence of letters.
L 47.5 cm.
Cf. Hugo Schneider: Griffwaffen I, Waffen im Schweiz. Landesmuseum, 1980, nos. 484-492. Heribert Seitz: Blankwaffen II, Braunschweig 1968, pp. 185-187.
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