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CIRCA 1600
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A COMPOSITE GERMAN MILITARY RAPIER
CIRCA 1600
With double-edged blade of stiff diamond section, grooved oblong ricasso struck on each side with a maker's mark, iron guard of rounded bars comprising narrow grooved quillon-block, stout straight quillons with swelled tips and small button finials, large swelled upper side-ring linked by arms to a smaller swelled lower side-ring, inner-guard of rounded bars incorporating the thumb-ring, later wire-bound grip with Turk's heads, and faceted pommel with turned tang-button
44¾in. (113.7cm.) blade
CIRCA 1600
With double-edged blade of stiff diamond section, grooved oblong ricasso struck on each side with a maker's mark, iron guard of rounded bars comprising narrow grooved quillon-block, stout straight quillons with swelled tips and small button finials, large swelled upper side-ring linked by arms to a smaller swelled lower side-ring, inner-guard of rounded bars incorporating the thumb-ring, later wire-bound grip with Turk's heads, and faceted pommel with turned tang-button
44¾in. (113.7cm.) blade
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