German Bastard or Hand-And -A-Half Sword, early 16th century...

German Bastard or Hand-And -A-Half Sword, early 16th century with long slender tapering double-edged blade of flattened diamond section, hilt comprising arched quillons with swelling tips of flat triangular section, side-ring en suite and with fluted tips where they join the quillons, and inner bar of circular section bent down and made in one with the downcurved arm, associated fluted fig-shaped pommel incised with vertical lines, and bottle-shaped leather-covered grip over a cord binding (blade and hilt pitted) 102.9 cm. blade Footnotes Cf. a related sword in the Wallace Collection, London (inv. no. A476) (Bonhams description) https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20801/lot/184/?category=list&length=463&page=1

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