15th Nov, 2023 10:00

AUTUMN VIRTUAL FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR AUCTION

 
Lot 895
 

895

A GERMAN EXECUTIONER'S SWORD OR SWORD OF JUSTICE

81.5cm fullered broadsword blade with squared off tip, engraved with scrolling foliage, flower heads and scenes of punishment, engraved with the motto Den der Herr ist gerecht (For the Lord is Just) and on the other side Wan ich das Scwerdt thue auffheben So gebe Gott dem Sunder das Evige Leben (When I raise the sword So God give the poor sinner eternal life) stamped to either side with a maker's mark of a Moor's head, characteristic hilt with spatulate crossguard with disc-form terminals, the spherical pommel chiselled with vines and fruit, leather bound grip.

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81.5cm fullered broadsword blade with squared off tip, engraved with scrolling foliage, flower heads and scenes of punishment, engraved with the motto Den der Herr ist gerecht (For the Lord is Just) and on the other side Wan ich das Scwerdt thue auffheben So gebe Gott dem Sunder das Evige Leben (When I raise the sword So God give the poor sinner eternal life) stamped to either side with a maker's mark of a Moor's head, characteristic hilt with spatulate crossguard with disc-form terminals, the spherical pommel chiselled with vines and fruit, leather bound grip.

Auction: AUTUMN VIRTUAL FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR AUCTION, 15th Nov, 2023

FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR 

NOVEMBER 14TH & 15TH 2023 FROM 10AM

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