KATZBALGER SECOND CHANCE

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small note about the other beautiful Katzbalger from my collection, this one has an engraved decoration plate on the grip and grip rings, both of brass.
on the one side is St Barbara with her tower and martyr palm pictured on the other side, ST Paul with sword and book;
The book Carried by Saint Paul Represents his gospel in the New Testament of the Bible.
The sword is a reminder of the Means of his martyrdom - he was beheaded in Rome in 67 AD.

Saint Barbara became the patron saint of artillerymen. She is also traditionally the patron of armourers, military engineers, gunsmiths, miners and anyone else who worked with cannon and explosives. She is invoked against thunder and lightning and all accidents arising from explosions of gunpowder. She is venerated by Catholics who face the danger of sudden and violent death in work.

There is a Katzbalger with some similarities in the KHM in Vienna.
Well it was a Katzbalger because the 8-shaped parry rod has been shortened and the katzbalgerbell finals are reattached to the parry rods. This workmanship is very simple and not Original. This defenately was a beautiful katzbalger.

According to the description of KHM St Barbara is pictured at the brass plate, but if you look closely you see that it is not Stbarbara but that St Paul is depicted.

perhaps on the other side stands St barabara, I have to find out.
This landsknecht sword is dated 1409 and has several brass rings on the grip. the blade does not have a ricasso.