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Editor's Note: Text below translated by Google from German.



Width double-edged blade of flattened hexagonal section and strong ricasso. Before each fuller on both sides indistinctly beaten (vermtl.) Styrian brands. Rectangular, slightly cut quillons with thickened, octagonal ends. Conical, octagonal and geometric engraved iron knob, the relief decoration wooden handle covered with tooled leather. Length 147 cm.

Provenance: Collection Spitzer, auction catalog 1895, No. 171..



Condition: II Limit: 12000 EURO October 2014



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



Source: Width double-edged blade of flattened hexagonal section and strong ricasso. Before each fuller on both sides indistinctly beaten (vermtl.) Styrian brands. Rectangular, slightly cut quillons with thickened, octagonal ends. Conical, octagonal and geometric engraved iron knob, the relief decoration wooden handle covered with tooled leather. Length 147 cm.Provenance: Collection Spitzer, auction catalog 1895, No. 171..Condition: II Limit: 12000 EURO October 2014For more information about Oakeshott Type XIX Swords see this extract from Ewart Oakeshott'sSource: www.hermann-historica.de/auktion/hhm68.pl?f=NR_LOT&c=3714&t=temartic_A_D&db=kat68_aw.txt