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SWORD, Dutch/German, the blade from the 1640's, the hilt possibly later.

Estimate
20 000 - 30 000 SEK
1 790 - 2 680 EUR
1 820 - 2 720 USD
Hammer price
45 000 SEK
Purchasing info
SWORD, Dutch/German, the blade from the 1640's, the hilt possibly later.

Total length 114, hilt length 24 cm.

Provenance

Säbylund, Närke.
Tidigare rustkammaren på Wik Slott.

Literature

Schlegel, Bernhard, Stockholm, 1876, the lot described in the Armory Collection at Wik Castle as number 13:
"Svärd med lång tväeggad klinga med vackra ornament
och figurer samt inskriften: »Inter arma silent
leges. Si Deus pro nobis, qvis contra nos». »Constantes
fortuna juvat. Regere sapientia summa»

More information

Motsvarande slagsvärd användes i svenska flottan som befälstecken men de har Vira-tillverkade klingor.