Oakeshott Transitional Type XVIIIb to Type XIX Sword

*Editor's Note: This important sword is transitional, in that it marks a transition from XVIIIb to XIX, possessing features of both.

Dated: early 16th century

Culture: Italian

Measurements: overall length 122cm

Inscriptions: a crowded “D” (stamped)

For more information on Oakeshott Type XIX see this extract of Ewart Oakeshott's Records of the Medieval Sword: sword-site.com/thread/187/oakeshott-type-records-medieval-sword

*Note that Oakeshott did not give details or examples of Type XVIIIb in Records of the Medieval Sword (but provided a picture only see here: sword-site.com/thread/251/index-ewart-oakeshotts-medieval-typologies)

Source: www.bolk-antiques.nl/