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Originally Posted by cornelistromp
from the new publication of Jan Piet Puype & Harm Stevens
Arms And Armour of knights and landsknechts in the netherlands Army Museum.
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Hi Jasper,
I hope you don't mind my re-attaching better quality scans of these unusually fine items, together with the informative texts.
The first Katzbalger dates of ca. 1515-20, next there is a sample of ca. 1540 but please note that the blade is from a rapier of ca. 1590-1600.
The excavated find is a rare Katzbalger saber (I don't really think it should be called cutlass) of ca. 1535.
Best,
Michael