A GERMAN MILITARY BROADSWORD, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY with tapering blade of hollow-diamond section (the tip shortened), flattened along the central rib and inlaid with a pattern of latten flowerheads on each side at the forte, iron hilt of ribbon-like bars, comprising a pair of straight swelling quillons with bud-shaped finials, outer ring-guard swelling in the centre and joined to the arms by a pair of diagonal bars, knuckle-guard joined to the ring by an additional outer bar reinforced by a further S-shaped bar, inner-guard formed of a saltire arrangement incorporating a thumb-ring, faceted plummet-shaped pommel incised with patterns of scrollwork, and later leather-bound grip 92 cm; 36 1/4 in blade This sword is part of a distinctive group associated with the former Imperial seat at Schloss Ambras, Tyrol. See Norman 1980, p. 151.
A GERMAN MILITARY BROADSWORD, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY with tapering blade of hollow-diamond section (the tip shortened), flattened along the central rib and inlaid with a pattern of latten flowerheads on each side at the forte, iron hilt of ribbon-like bars, comprising a pair of straight swelling quillons with bud-shaped finials, outer ring-guard swelling in the centre and joined to the arms by a pair of diagonal bars, knuckle-guard joined to the ring by an additional outer bar reinforced by a further S-shaped bar, inner-guard formed of a saltire arrangement incorporating a thumb-ring, faceted plummet-shaped pommel incised with patterns of scrollwork, and later leather-bound grip 92 cm; 36 1/4 in blade This sword is part of a distinctive group associated with the former Imperial seat at Schloss Ambras, Tyrol. See Norman 1980, p. 151.
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