Subject: Ritter knight

Culture: Imperial German / Austrian

Setting: French, Turkish wars, Europe early-mid 15thc

Object: Schwert 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

Windlass Steelcrafts *

* National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall

Del Tin Armi Antiche #2160 *

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