Oakeshott Type XVIII French Knightly Medieval Sword

Description: A knightly sword, dating: mid-14th Century

Provenance: France

Straight, double-edged blade of lozenge section, on both sides of the first part a brass mark depicting a cross; straight, iron quillons of lozenge section, faceted, bronze pommel. Leather bound, wooden grip, probably subsequent.Provenance: Private Collection form Southern Germany

See a similar model with almost identical, iron pommel in Schweizerischen Landesmuseum Collection in Zurich, illustrated in Waffen im Schweizer Landesmuseum - Griffwaffen, Nr. 41.

Dimensions: length 102 cm.

For more information on Oakeshott Type XVIII Swords see this extract from Ewart Oakeshott's Records of the Medieval Sword: www.sword-site.com/thread/183/oakeshott-xviii-xviiia-records-medieval

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