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Old 22nd March 2020, 04:27 PM   #4
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Some times ago, I studied a shell-guard really similar to the one on your sword. It is conserved in the Bernard d'Agesci museum in Niort, and is described as French, around 1750 - 1760 : http://expo-ornement.edel.univ-poiti.../notice-8.html
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