Migration Era Lenticular Bladed Sword Embellished with Gold

Both cabochons and squares, and red glass.

Swords with stone-decorated handguards were always an attribute of the leading warriors and served exclusively as representation of status or as a rank badge.

Cf. Konrad Theiss, Attila und die Hunnen, 2007, no. 222. Ancient Colchis (Georgia).

Cf. Another in E. Behmer, Das Zweischneidige Schwert der Germanischen Völkerwand-erungszeit, Stockholm, 1939, p.106, no.22; pl. XII, no.4B.

See also: Germanen, Hunnen, und Awaren, German National Museum, Berlin, 1988, p. 106, no.12a.

Ex Adolphe and Suzanne Stoclet collection, Belgium.

5th-6th Century AD

L. 33 3/4 in. (86.7 cm.)

Source: www.hermann-historica.de/