Casholet sword. Sword. According to Francisco Mellén, he could have belonged to Gabriel Menéndez de Avilés, 5th Advanced, who received the baptism in San Tirso de Oviedo on January 31, 1618 and testified in Madrid in 1692. He was also Caballero de Alcántara, schoolboy of San Bartolomé , Minister of Indies, mayor of the Royal Audience of Seville, perpetual Spanish of Avilés and San Juan de Nieva. Iron garnish formed by Cruz de Gavilanes, auctioned in circular work and matching guards. It has two mustaches that bind forming a platerine, to which the cup is fastened by two screws. At the bottom o

Casholet sword. Sword. According to Francisco Mellén, he could have belonged to Gabriel Menéndez de Avilés, 5th Advanced, who received the baptism in San Tirso de Oviedo on January 31, 1618 and testified in Madrid in 1692. He was also Caballero de Alcántara, schoolboy of San Bartolomé , Minister of Indies, mayor of the Royal Audience of Seville, perpetual Spanish of Avilés and San Juan de Nieva. Iron garnish formed by Cruz de Gavilanes, auctioned in circular work and matching guards. It has two mustaches that bind forming a platerine, to which the cup is fastened by two screws. At the bottom of it, there is a punch with the initials "E AB". It has wood fist covered with brass wire remains, two virolas and circular iron knob with knob. The blade is straight, of the type called executioner, with rhomboidal section, provided with a restraint and a central cliff, which starts from the heel to the middle of it. In this channel, the name of Espaderoesta Espada is struggling, it was long attributed to Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (first advance of Florida) born in Aviles in 1519 and died in Santander in 1574. He was also governor and captain general of the Florida, Caballero de Santiago and Commander of Santa Cruz de la Zarza. Subsequent studies, made in 1990 by researcher Francisco Mellén Blanco, concluded that such a statement was not possible, since this type of chatalet sword, no It makes its appearance, until the mid -seventeenth century, and Pedro Menéndez de Avilés died as we have pointed out in 1574. As a conclusion, it can be added that it would be in any case "belonging to one of his descendants", without specifying his name. Formed by Cruz de Gavilanes straight and stroke with punch E AB (these last two lyrics of the United), wooden fist with brass wire remains, iron knob, straight blade of executioner ; In the central emptiness, the Johan legend has recorded

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