A South German executioner's sword,(Leutershausen?),circa 1600 Broad blade with a blunt gallows incised on one quillons,the arms thicken toward their ends fitted with small with iron wire winding and Turks iron pear-shaped an old label,reinforced with cardboard,bearing a handwritten note concerning provenance: "This executioner's sword comes from our honoured court tribunal at Leutershausen and was given to our grandfather as a memento by Meyer,the mayor,Additional-Rights-Clearences-Not Available

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