LATE 16TH CENTURY
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A German Two-Hand Sword
Late 16th Century
The blade with a pronounced medial ridge on each face, leather-covered ricasso with pointed side-lugs, the hilt with arched spatulate quillons (one with old repair), side-rings partly filled with solid plates, associated ovoidal reeded pommel, and leather-covered wooden grip
46 5/8in. (118.4cm.) blade
Late 16th Century
The blade with a pronounced medial ridge on each face, leather-covered ricasso with pointed side-lugs, the hilt with arched spatulate quillons (one with old repair), side-rings partly filled with solid plates, associated ovoidal reeded pommel, and leather-covered wooden grip
46 5/8in. (118.4cm.) blade