A Swedish Broadsword First half of the 17th Century With tapering blade with a central fuller on each face of the forte containing an inscription (illegible), iron hilt with long spatulate vertically recurved quillons, double side-rings, the inner one with a thumb-ring, the other filled by a plate pierced and chiselled with foliage, and heart-shaped pommel, the outer side decorated throughout with punched foliage, the spirally-fluted wooden grip bound with wire (rust-pitted throughout) 35¾in. (90.8cm.) blade A similar sword with a figure of Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden in the decoration is in the Royal Armouries (No. IX.52). See Claude Blair, European and American Arms , plate 92
A Swedish Broadsword First half of the 17th Century With tapering blade with a central fuller on each face of the forte containing an inscription (illegible), iron hilt with long spatulate vertically recurved quillons, double side-rings, the inner one with a thumb-ring, the other filled by a plate pierced and chiselled with foliage, and heart-shaped pommel, the outer side decorated throughout with punched foliage, the spirally-fluted wooden grip bound with wire (rust-pitted throughout) 35¾in. (90.8cm.) blade A similar sword with a figure of Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden in the decoration is in the Royal Armouries (No. IX.52). See Claude Blair, European and American Arms , plate 92
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