Oakeshott Type XII Medieval Sword H1 Pommel Type 1 Cross

Editor's Note: Accompanying text translated from Italian by Google.

Description: Straight blade with two wires slightly converging towards the tip, shelled at the center for almost the entire length except at the tip; iron hilt with straight arms, faces downward and slightly pointed at the ends, apple-shaped to almost circular flat faces; handle with leather upholstery, restoration.

Notes Type XII. See R. Ewart Oakeshott, The Sword in the Age of Chivalry Lutterworth Press, London, 1964. Specimens similar to Tables 6-8.

Length 95.5 cm

2500.00 € | € 3,000.00

For more information on Type XII Swords 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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