A German two-hand processional sword in late 16th century style. Of exceptional weight, with long double-edged blade widening slightly over its forward length, cut with an orb mark on one side and with an abstract device of lines and dots on the other, long leather-covered ricasso formed with a pair of drooping lugs, iron hilt of flattened bars, comprising a pair of arched long quillons with pierced shaped widening terminals, inner and outer guards each formed of two concentric ovals widening in the centre, matching pierced flat-sided pommel, and, Additional-Rights-Clearance-Info-Not-Available
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Size: 1749px × 5510px
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