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A GERMAN PAPPENHEIM RAPIER
Circa 1630
With slender tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section stamped 'Pace' within the short fuller on one side and 'Porta' on the other, plain rectangular ricasso, iron hilt of characteristic type, including cup-guard of slender bars with a pair of sprung-in plates pierced with stars and circles, the quillons and knuckle-guard each with recurved 'fishtail' terminal, plummet shaped pommel, and the grip bound with later brass wire and 'Turk's heads'.
38 5/8in (98cm) blade
Circa 1630
With slender tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal section stamped 'Pace' within the short fuller on one side and 'Porta' on the other, plain rectangular ricasso, iron hilt of characteristic type, including cup-guard of slender bars with a pair of sprung-in plates pierced with stars and circles, the quillons and knuckle-guard each with recurved 'fishtail' terminal, plummet shaped pommel, and the grip bound with later brass wire and 'Turk's heads'.
38 5/8
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