A FINE GERMAN SWORD-RAPIER

MUNICH, CIRCA 1600-1620

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A FINE GERMAN SWORD-RAPIER
Munich, circa 1600-1620
With broad sharply tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section with circular latten inset at the forte, recessed ricasso struck on the front and back with a mark, and iron hilt retaining some of its original blued finish and comprising asymmetrical guard with two outer side-rings linked to the knuckle-guard by an S-shaped bar, diagonal inner guard of three slender bars, arms, downcurved rear quillon with disc terminal, pommel of flattened barrel form, and original spirally fluted wire-bound wooden grip
34in. (86.4cm.) blade

Lot Essay

The marks on the ricasso are those of Wolfgang Stantler of Munich. The sword belongs to a group made for a Bavarian corps, probably the Munich town guard. Many examples survive in the Bayerisches Armeemuseum, Ingolstadt. Cf. Wallace Collection A 612

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