Classic Oakeshott Type XII Knightly Cruciform Medieval Sword

Description: Straight blade, two parallel wires for half the length, then slightly convergent, shelled for almost the entire length and in part also to the heel, which is rectangular in shape and slightly tapered end; hilt with straight arms of square section, slightly narrow and rounded at the ends; circular pommel found in the center.

See The Sword in the Age of Chivalry, by R. Ewart Oakeshtt, Lutterworth Press, London, 1964. Type XI, description pages. 31-37, similar specimens tab. 4.

Dimensions: length 102 cm.

For more information on Oakeshott's Type XII see this extract from Ewart Oakeshott's Records of the Medieval Sword: sword-site.com/thread/127/oakeshott-type-records-medieval-sword

Source: www.czernys.com/auctions_lot.php?oggetto=50216&asta=43