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THE BLADE SIGNED JOHANNIS HOPPE, SOLINGEN, 18TH CENTURY
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A GERMAN SWORD OF JUSTICE
THE BLADE SIGNED JOHANNIS HOPPE, SOLINGEN, 18TH CENTURY
With broad double-edged blade with squared-off tip and cut with triple fullers signed 'ME FECIT JOHANNIS HOPPE SOLINGEN' with orb and cross marks, struck with a maker's stamp and etched with a gibbet on each face at the forte, iron guard formed of a side-ring engraved with scrollwork and straight quillons of hexagonal section each swelling towards a button finial, rayskin-covered wooden grip, and faceted pommel engraved with a band of scrollwork en suite with the side-ring
35in. (89cm.) blade
THE BLADE SIGNED JOHANNIS HOPPE, SOLINGEN, 18TH CENTURY
With broad double-edged blade with squared-off tip and cut with triple fullers signed 'ME FECIT JOHANNIS HOPPE SOLINGEN' with orb and cross marks, struck with a maker's stamp and etched with a gibbet on each face at the forte, iron guard formed of a side-ring engraved with scrollwork and straight quillons of hexagonal section each swelling towards a button finial, rayskin-covered wooden grip, and faceted pommel engraved with a band of scrollwork en suite with the side-ring
35in. (89cm.) blade
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