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Old 10th January 2017, 02:19 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by AHorsa
Does anyone have some information about the style of the pommel and the crossguard? I have never seen a similiar one except the one from the link.

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Andreas
yes, the former curator of the Dutch army museum describes this type as a Dutch maritime saber around 1600 with origin Solingen.

a drawing of this type can be seen on

http://www.adviesoudewapens.nl/

I will check if I have a picture of it somewhere.


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Jasper
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