THE FIRST LATE 17TH EARLY 18TH CENTURY; THE SECOND 19TH CENTURY
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A GERMAN EXECUTIONER'S SWORD; AND ANOTHER IN LATE 17TH CENTURY STYLE
THE FIRST LATE 17TH EARLY 18TH CENTURY; THE SECOND 19TH CENTURY
The first with flat double-edged blade with rebated tip, the forte etched with the figure of Justice on both sides and with pairs of rhyming couplets within the short fullers, the ricasso struck with a mark, iron hilt and moulded leather covered grip set between a pair of iron collars; The second with short blade struck with a mark on both sides and the hilt incorporating a seventeenth century crosspiece chiselled with monster terminals
The first 83.4 cm. and the second 59.2 cm. blades (2)
THE FIRST LATE 17TH EARLY 18TH CENTURY; THE SECOND 19TH CENTURY
The first with flat double-edged blade with rebated tip, the forte etched with the figure of Justice on both sides and with pairs of rhyming couplets within the short fullers, the ricasso struck with a mark, iron hilt and moulded leather covered grip set between a pair of iron collars; The second with short blade struck with a mark on both sides and the hilt incorporating a seventeenth century crosspiece chiselled with monster terminals
The first 83.4 cm. and the second 59.2 cm. blades (2)
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