Description
Three-piece all-steel construction with lathe-turned grip and blade ricasso. The cross
guard is a separate piece, also lathe-turned, with button finials. Triangular-section 6 ½”
blade with decorative ricasso. Overall length 10 3/8″. Heavily corroded with some brown
surface rust remaining and what appears to be a clear coating over the entire surface.
Late 17th C Officer’s Sword, French or German 
Italian Shell Guard Broadsword, ca. 1630 
Unusual European Dagger, Late 17th/Early 18th C 
Japanese Type 30 Bayonet, Early Production