sword, Anonymous, second half of the 16th century, wood, iron, Loose guard of a broadsword, a so-called 'two-handed sword' of wrought iron. The flat, very slightly curved, cross-guard is decorated with the following curling ornaments: one set per cross-half, bottom, and one set across the cross-section on either side of the ends. A series of parallel vertical strips has been filed in the middle at the level of the passage of the blade. End buds have the contours of acorns and are wound spiral wound in the surfaces. Decoration already consists of a few slanting lines with cross lines in the

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