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A broad Side Sword with slender fittings in classic Venetian style,

OaL: 40.6 in/103.2 cm

Venice, Italy, ca. early 16th century, from Czerny's International Auction House.

A fantastic early Side Sword,

OaL: 39.75 in/101 cm

Blade Length: 33.5 in/83.1 cm

Width: 9.2 in/23.3 cm

Weight: 2.6 lbs/1190.7 g

French, ca. 1500, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

A lovely Side Sword with a blued hilt,

OaL: 49.3 in/125.2 cm

Blade Length: 43.3 in/110 cm

Grip Length: 5.3 in/13.5 cm

Quillons Length: 9.8 in/25 cm

German, ca. 1610, housed at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

A Side Sword with a blackened hilt of the type associated with the Munich town guard, Munich, Germany, ca. early 17th century, housed at the Bayerisches Armeemuseum.