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Old 30th April 2012, 06:42 PM   #349
Matchlock
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A very rare depiction of an early-16th c. Italian type Landsknecht saber, with three-fold pommel, by Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1510, and very similar to the piece in my collection:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...=saber+italian

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