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Sat 05 Dec, 2015 11:53 am
Here's two from the Thomas Del Mar Ltd auction.
Lot 164:
A GERMAN MILITARY BROADSWORD, CIRCA 1560-80 with double-edged blade of flattened-hexagonal section formed with a short fuller on each side (tip bent), stamped with a latten-lined running wolf mark on one side (small losses), rectangular ricasso struck with a series of marks, steel hilt comprising a pair of straight swelling quillons with bud-shaped terminals, outer ring-guard swelling in the centre, off-set lower ring-guard joining the upper, plain inner-guard incorporating a thumb-loop, faceted conical pommel cut with notches around the centre, later leather-covered wooden grip, the pommel and ring-guards each chiselled with a pattern of foliage, and one quillon incised with and arsenal number on the inner face 112.2cm; 44B in blade A number of swords of related form are preserved in Schloss Ambras. See A.V.B. Norman 1980, p.114. £6000-8000
Lot 166:
A GERMAN MILITARY sword, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY with straight blade double-edged towards the tip, cut with a pair of long slender fullers of differing length along the back-edge and stamped with a series of marks, three pairs of sickles and the letters 'ONO' arranged vertically with a pair of stars between on each side, the blade tip very slightly shortened, blackened steel hilt of ribbon-like bars, comprising a pair of straight quillons with bud-shaped terminals, outer ring-guard swelling towards the centre, knuckle-guard, an additional forward arm joining the knuckle-guard to the ring and joined to the centre of the knuckle-guard by a further s-shaped bar, a pair of arms joined to the ring-guard by a pair of diagonal bars, inner-guard formed of a saltire arrangement of slender rounded bars, faceted plummet-shaped pommel, original leather and rayskin-covered two-stage moulded grip, and retaining some early blackened finish 82.5cm; 32I in blade This sword belongs to a distinctive group associated with Schloss Ambras, Tyrol. A number of swords in this group have blades by the Bavarian court swordsmith Ulrich Diefstetter. The so-called sickle mark on the present sword is encountered on blades of both Italian and German type: a number are stamped 'Ferara' and 'Genoa' and further examples are preserved in the Landeszeughaus, Graz. £3000-4000
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Lot 164
A GERMAN MILITARY BROADSWORD, CIRCA 1560-80
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Lot 166
A GERMAN MILITARY sword, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY