Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - An Extremely Rare North Italian Arquebusier's Auxiliary Armament Saber, ca. 1510-15

Matchlock · 30th April 2012, 11:25 PM

Another historic record of an early Landsknecht sword featuring a three-fold shaped pommel, depicted as an auxiliary item of a combined arquebusier's and helbardier's armament (German Doppelsöldner, meaning that the mercenary was acknowledged to be especially qualified, armed - and of course: paid.

From Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Vier Bücher der Ritterschaft, printed in 1511, fol. 170.

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30th April 2012, 11:25 PM	#37
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	Another historic record of an early Landsknecht sword featuring a three-fold shaped pommel, depicted as an auxiliary item of a combined arquebusier's and helbardier's armament (German Doppelsöldner, meaning that the mercenary was acknowledged to be especially qualified, armed - and of course: paid. From Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Vier Bücher der Ritterschaft, printed in 1511, fol. 170. m Attached Images Last edited by Matchlock; 1st May 2012 at 12:10 AM.