PARTLY 17TH CENTURY
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A COMPOSITE BROADSWORD
Partly 17th Century
With tapering blade of flattened hexagonal section with a shallow fuller on each side of the forte inscribed 'No Me Saques Sin Rason No Me Enbaines Sin Honor' and etched with scrollwork and martial trophies, iron hilt comprising dish-guard of two overlapping circular plates pierced with keyhole-shaped slots and circular holes, straight quillons, symmetrical arms, plain compressed pommel, and wooden grip originally bound with copper wire (nearly all missing, some surface pitting, mainly on the blade)
39½in. (100.3cm.) blade
Partly 17th Century
With tapering blade of flattened hexagonal section with a shallow fuller on each side of the forte inscribed 'No Me Saques Sin Rason No Me Enbaines Sin Honor' and etched with scrollwork and martial trophies, iron hilt comprising dish-guard of two overlapping circular plates pierced with keyhole-shaped slots and circular holes, straight quillons, symmetrical arms, plain compressed pommel, and wooden grip originally bound with copper wire (nearly all missing, some surface pitting, mainly on the blade)
39½in. (100.3cm.) blade