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European Decorative Arts and Sculpture

Two-Handed Sword

Made in Germany
Probably made in Brunswick, Germany

1573

Artist/maker unknown, German

(Blade) engraved steel; (hilt) pierced, filed, engraved, and blackened iron alloy; wood; leather; velvet; brass wire mesh
Length: 76 13/16 inches (195.1 cm) Width: 8 1/8 inches (20.7 cm) Depth: 17 1/4 inches (43.8 cm) Weight: 10.3 lb., 10 pounds 4 ounces (4649.4 x 4649.4g)

Currently not on view

1977-167-569

Bequest of Carl Otto Kretzschmar von Kienbusch, 1977

Label

This sword belongs to a series of about three hundred made from 1573 to 1574 for the bodyguard of Duke Julius of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel (ruled 1568 to 1589).

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