A North German or Scandinavian officer's campaign sword, circa 1630, Narrow, double-edged blade of lenticular cross-section. Iron knuckle-bow hilt with chiselled decoration, openworked guard plates on both sides, thumb ring. The guard plate on the obverse a good replacement. The hilt spirally fluted, with the original copper wire winding, one Turk's head missing. Flat pommel with chiselled decoration. Length 105 cm. sword, swords, weapons, arms, weapon, arm, fighting device, military, militaria, object, objects, stills, clipping, clippings, cut o, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available

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Keywords: 17th, campaign, century, german, north, officer, scandinavian, sword