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The blade is incised with the mark of the Ottoman arsenal in Istanbul, indicating that the Turks probably took this sword from a European soldier as war booty.
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Title: Hand and a Half Sword
Date: ca. 1500–1525
Culture: German
Medium: Steel, leather, wood
Dimensions: L. 50 1/4 in. (127.6 cm); L. of blade 37 3/4 in. (96 cm); Wt. 4 lb. (1814 g)
Classification: Swords
Credit Line: Purchase, The Sulzberger Foundation Inc. and Helmut Nickel Gifts, Rogers Fund, Bequest of Stephen V. Grancsay, by exchange, and funds from various donors, 1988
Object Number: 1988.26
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