THE FIRST PARTLY LATE 17TH CENTURY; THE SECOND 19TH CENTURY
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A COMPOSITE GERMAN EXECUTIONER'S SWORD; AND ANOTHER IN EARLY 18TH CENTURY STYLE
THE FIRST PARTLY LATE 17TH CENTURY; THE SECOND 19TH CENTURY
The first with flat blade with pierced rounded tip, cut with a gallows device on one side, a wheel of justice on the reverse, struck with a small mark below the hilt and both sides with traces of a Latin inscription at the forte, iron crosspiece with pierced terminals matching the blade tip, and later carved wooden hilt, the pommel formed as three human masks; And the second etched with both a gallows and a wheel of justice, together with rhyming couplets within a framework of scrolling flowers on both sides, and with brass hilt and leather covered grip
The first 78 cm. and the second 81 cm. blades (2)
THE FIRST PARTLY LATE 17TH CENTURY; THE SECOND 19TH CENTURY
The first with flat blade with pierced rounded tip, cut with a gallows device on one side, a wheel of justice on the reverse, struck with a small mark below the hilt and both sides with traces of a Latin inscription at the forte, iron crosspiece with pierced terminals matching the blade tip, and later carved wooden hilt, the pommel formed as three human masks; And the second etched with both a gallows and a wheel of justice, together with rhyming couplets within a framework of scrolling flowers on both sides, and with brass hilt and leather covered grip
The first 78 cm. and the second 81 cm. blades (2)
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