Exceptional Oakeshott Type XII Medieval Sword w/Finger Ring

Editor's Note: Note the early termination of the fuller before the cross guard, a curious feature of some Medieval European swords.

Description: Straight blade to two wires with shelling central and lateral grooves thin, straight quillons hilt with an arch and for the protection of the thumb, apple disc.

Provenance: Coll. Prof. Julio Arteaga, et al. Carbonell Debali, the Vatican diplomat, who bought the sword in 1920 on the recommendation of the Curator of the Castel Sant'Angelo, Rome.

Length 94.5 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

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