Ⓦ A RARE MILITARY SWORD (KATZBALGER), SECOND QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY, GERMAN OR SWISS

Ⓦ A RARE MILITARY SWORD (KATZBALGER), SECOND QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY, GERMAN OR SWISS

in excavated condition, with double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section tapering to a sharp point, inlaid in latten with a running wolf mark on one face, rectangular ricasso formed with a pair of grooves, iron hilt comprising a pair of horizontally recurved quillons, engrailed on the inner face, chiselled with pairs of lines and each formed with a monsterhead finial issuant with a moulded bar with compressed spherical terminal, compressed mushroom-shaped pommel formed with eight lobes divided by roped panels, and the grip with a later leather covering

73.2 cm; 28 ¾ blade

Property from the David Jeffcoat Collection (1945-2020)

Part proceeds to benefit The Wallace Collection

Provenance Edward Barry, Ockwells Manor, sold Sotheby & Co., 5th July 1975, lot 52, stated as being found near Pirna, Saxony and latterly in the Zschille Collection.

A sword with a pommel of related type, previously in the Bernal Collection, is preserved in the Royal Armouries, Leeds (inv. No. IX.169).