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AN EXECUTIONER'S SWORD in German early 18th Century style, the broad flat double-edged blade with rounded tip pierced with three circular holes and with short central fuller on each face of the forte, struck with a mark on one side and etched with a seated figure of a bishop above a panel dated 1712 and inscribed 'Soli Deo Gloria', a punishment wheel and the inscription 'Oh. Richter. richte. gerecht', and on the other with the figure of Justice, a gallows and the inscription 'Sonsnt. wird. Gott. richten. Dich', iron hilt comprising straight swelling quillons, ovoidal pommel with turned button, and wooden grip bound with plaited brass wire, in iron mounted wooden scabbard covered with blackened leather

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AN EXECUTIONER'S SWORD in German early 18th Century style, the broad flat double-edged blade with rounded tip pierced with three circular holes and with short central fuller on each face of the forte, struck with a mark on one side and etched with a seated figure of a bishop above a panel dated 1712 and inscribed 'Soli Deo Gloria', a punishment wheel and the inscription 'Oh. Richter. richte. gerecht', and on the other with the figure of Justice, a gallows and the inscription 'Sonsnt. wird. Gott. richten. Dich', iron hilt comprising straight swelling quillons, ovoidal pommel with turned button, and wooden grip bound with plaited brass wire, in iron mounted wooden scabbard covered with blackened leather
36in. blade

拍品專文

The inscriptions read in translation: 'O judge judge impartially' 'Or else God will judge you'