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Lot 301

A GERMAN EXECUTIONER'S SWORD, DATED 1674
With a brass gadrooned pommel, ribbed grip and gadrooned brass chappe, the blade with engraved foliate decoration and the inscription "WAN ICH DAS SCHWERT DU AUF HEBEN" and a Catherine wheel to one side, the other side with 'SO WUNSCH ICH DEM ARMEN SUNDER DAS EWIGE LEBEN 1674" with a gallows.


Length 107.5cm

Estimate $2,000 - $3,000

Sold for $7,000

In very good condition with minor age expected discolouration to the blade, patination to the bronze mounts and age expected wear to the hilt. The grip length between pommel and cross-guard is 14cm.


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Leonard Joel makes no guarantee of the originality of mechanical or applied components. Absence of reference to such modifications does not imply that a lot is free from modifications.

The Collection of the Late John Schaeffer AO

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8381
1:00pm - 25 August 2020
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra

VIEWING
Viewing in Sydney:
Thursday 20 - Monday 24 August, 10am - 4pm

Auction:
Session 1: 1:00pm (Lots 1-254)
Session 2: 6:00pm (Lots 300-517)

CONTACT
Hamish Clark
hamish.clark@leonardjoel.com.au


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