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>>1529 Austro-German Ritter
>>>sword
SubjectRitter knight
Culture: Imperial German / Austrian
Setting: French, Turkish wars, Europe early-mid 15thc
ObjectSchwert longsword







* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Hand and a Half Sword  German, ca. 1500-1525  Steel, leather, weight 4 lbs.
The blade is incised with the mark of the Ottoman arsenal in Istanbul, 
indicating that the Turks probably took this sword from a European knight as war booty."  ...

* Del Tin Armi Antiche #5161 
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* National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall


* National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall


Del Tin Armi Antiche #2160 *
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Royal Armouries Museum > Self Defence Gallery *
"Sword  German, about 1540   Of a type known as an estoc which was intended purely for thrusting.
  Its large size allowed it to be used with either one or two hands as desired."




​* Royal Armouries Museum > War Gallery
"Hand-and-a-half sword  German, about 1550  
The blued steel hilt of this sword offers increased protection 
for the hand whith its multiple ring guards.  
Its robust blade can both cut and thrust effectively."

​​* Royal Armouries Museum > War Gallery
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