A hunting sword, German, end of the 16th century. Long, (somewhat pitted) single-edged blade with a double-edged point. The quillons are grooved on the obverse side with a chiselled guard ring. The slightly conical iron grip has a pommel with two perforations and rectangular horn inlays (replacements?) on both sides. Length cm. It comes with a Danish publication from 1983 on Hirschfängers with an illustration of this hunting sword. historic, historical, 16th century, double-edged hunting knife, thrusting, thrustings, weapon, arms, weapons, arms, fighting ,

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