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MID-16TH CENTURY AND LATER
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A COMPOSITE GERMAN HAND-AND-A-HALF MILITARY BROADSWORD
MID-16TH CENTURY AND LATER
With broad double-edged reprofiled fullered blade with copper-alloy inlaid 'wolf' mark (possibly later) to one side, later iron guard with horizontally recurved writhen quillons initialled 'HF' on the block, and large swelled writhen side-ring, good quality later leather-covered grip with gilt tooled borders, and large iron writhen pommel
37 in. (94 cm.) blade
MID-16TH CENTURY AND LATER
With broad double-edged reprofiled fullered blade with copper-alloy inlaid 'wolf' mark (possibly later) to one side, later iron guard with horizontally recurved writhen quillons initialled 'HF' on the block, and large swelled writhen side-ring, good quality later leather-covered grip with gilt tooled borders, and large iron writhen pommel
37 in. (94 cm.) blade
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