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‡ A MEDIEVAL SWORD BLADE AND POMMEL, 14TH CENTURY
‡ A MEDIEVAL SWORD BLADE AND POMMEL, 14TH CENTURY in excavated condition, with tapering blade of flattened-hexagonal changing to flattened-diamond section towards the tip, formed with a fuller over its lower third and struck with a small latten-lined cross mark on each face, rectangular tang tapering toward the top (cross-guard missing), and well-formed wheel pommel with stepped latten rectangular button, 85.7 cm blade Stated to have been found in Lake Constance, Switzerland, circa 1960s. The blade conforms to Oakeshott type XVI.
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‡ A MEDIEVAL SWORD BLADE AND POMMEL, 14TH CENTURY
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