Executioner's sword used to behead Oldenbarnevelt, An iron two-handed broadsword with a blade of cm wide at the guard, narrowing at the end to 6 cm and then ending in a blunt point. Behind the handle a double button. Inscription: Stupid guilty half / Disastrous Oldebarneveldt / This weighed through your neck the state / A deep wound in his council / When on the murder scaffold in The Hague / Your dear life was troubled. Marked., The Hague, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, anonymous, Netherlands, 1600 - 1625, iron (metal), engraving, l 110 cm × w cm, Reimagined by Gibon, design of warm cheer

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