Elegant cord with bowl-shaped guard

Double-edged stabbing blade of hexagonal cross-section, narrow double-edged cut in the upper quarter with inscriptions 'VIERTUTE/FORTUNA'. Iron hilt, the bowl-shaped guard chased and openworked with floral decoration between four medallions with busts of men, the guard straight, flared at the ends, decorated with oblique fluting. Escutcheon arched with the same decoration. Wooden handle braided with coiled steel wire. Cylindrical head with vertical fluting. Germany or Austria, 19th century, length 117 cm. Condition 2

Double-edged stabbing blade of hexagonal cross-section, narrow double-edged cut in the upper quarter with inscriptions 'VIERTUTE/FORTUNA'. Iron hilt, the bowl-shaped guard chased and openworked with floral decoration between four medallions with busts of men, the guard straight, flared at the ends, decorated with oblique fluting. Escutcheon arched with the same decoration. Wooden handle braided with coiled steel wire. Cylindrical head with vertical fluting. Germany or Austria, 19th century, length 117 cm. Condition 2, Sraight, doubleedged bladeof hexagonal section (old restoration of broken part in the centre), fullered at the first part with the inscription on both sides 'VIERTUTE/FORTUNA'. Iron hilt with round convex cup, openwork and chiselled wit four meallionsfeaturing men's busts between floral motifs. Counterplate with rays, grooved centre of crossguard, one of the two arms of the hilt is partly missing. Straight quillons with slightly enlarged ends and oblique grooves. Loop guard decorated en suite in the centre. Wooden grip of round section is spirally bound with iron wire. Turk's-head ferrules. Cylindrical pommel with fine longitudinal grooves. North Italy, 17th century, length 104 cm. Condition 2