1430-1450 AD. An iron long sword of Oakeshott Type XVIa or XVIIIa with a long acutely pointed blade of flattened diamond-section form, well-marked fullers with inlaid decoration, one side with stylised Passau Wolf and a cross over a rhomboid, the other side with a sword hilt; hexagonal-section guard with straight arms, central écusson tapering towards to downturned tips, the grip with later leather covering and style T pommel. See Oakeshott, R.E., The sword in the Age of the Chivalry, Woodbridge, 1964 (1994); Wagner, E. Cut and Thrust Weapons, London, 1969; a nearly identical specimen in the Museum Marzoli Brescia, inv. 664, in Boccia,G., Rossi, F., Morin, M., Armi e armature Lombarde, Milano, 1980, p.192; another specimen with similar characteristics in Wien, Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien (inv. 126006) in Scalini, M., A bon droyt, spade di uomini liberi, cavalieri e santi, Milano, 2007, pp.212-213. 2.1 kg, 1.19m (47"). The property of a private family; previously acquired from a collection formed before 1990; thence by descent; accompanied by an academic report by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato. Fine condition.