I stumbled over this old postcard rendering of Swedish and Danish-Norwegian troops clashing at the walls of Copenhagen during the failed Swedish assault on the city in 1659.
Depicted among the halberds and pikes one can clearly see several images of swords. Does anyone have any comments as to what type and style of sword would have been in use at the time, especially regarding the weapons depicted here? I have difficulty making out details due to the small size of the image, so I will leave the floor open to you experts as to exactly what types of swords these are/could be. Pappenheimer cut-and-thrusts, perhaps?
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