Katzbalgers and Related Landsknecht Swords

[Matchlock]

An Italian style Landsknecht sword of ca. 1500; woodcut of a crossbow man, from Guards of the Holy Sepulcher, by Urs Graf.
From a book printed in Strasbourg in 1513.

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[Matchlock]

A very rare depiction of an early-16th c. Italian type Landsknecht saber, with three-fold pommel, by Lucas van Leyden, ca. 1510, and very similar to the piece in my collection:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...=saber+italian

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[Matchlock]

Eastern European types of Landsknecht sabers of the 1520's and 1530's, and of some daggers.
From the chronicle on the deeds of the Albanian Prince of Scanderberg, printed in 1533.

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[Samik]

Impressive chronicle! Thank you for all these fabulous pictures Michael.

Best,
Samuel

[Matchlock]

Thank you so much, Samuel,


Although I regret mistyping Scanderbeg's name.

I do wish you would come in here more often but I know of course you are very busy. It's a good thing to now that you still read the posts.


Best,
Michael

[Matchlock]

A Landsknecht hand-and-a-half sword, from a painting of the decapitation of St. John, by the master of the Attel altarpiece, ca. 1480-90.

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[Matchlock]

St. George and the Dragon; sculpture from The Tyrol, ca. 1500.
Bavarian National Museum Munich.

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