Belgian Officer's Sword belonging to Guillaume Wery
Data
| Period1 | 20th Century | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Min/Max date1 | 1900-01-01 - 1914-01-01 | Location(cntry)1 | Belgium |
| Origin1 | Belgium | Location(detail)1 | Brussels |
| Sword type1 | Promotion sword | Displayed at1 | -- |
| Corps1 | Infantry | Reference1 | -- |
| Outfit1 | |||
| Owner1 | His great-grandchild | ||
| Guard type1 | 4 bars | Provenance1 | |
| Quillions1 | 0 | Provenance(detail)1 | |
| Hilt type1 | Oval | Original owner1 | Guillaume Wery |
| Grip form1 | Ergonomical | ||
| Pommmel type1 | Layered ovals | Condition1 | Good |
| Blade type1 | Straight | ||
| Edge1 | Double edged | ||
| Fuller1 | 2x1 | Information date | 2015-05-09 |
| Information source | 1 Author |
| Sword | Blade | Scabbard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max length(cm/In)1 | 104.5 | 41.14 | 90.0 | 35.43 | 92.7 | 36.50 |
| Max width(cm/In)1 | 11.60 | 4.57 | 2.14 | 0.84 | 4.03 | 1.59 |
| Max thickness(cm/In)1 | 10.30 | 4.06 | 0.74 | 0.29 | 1.72 | 0.68 |
| Curvature(cm/In)1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Width at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.38 | 0.54 | 1.56 | 0.61 |
| Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.38 | 0.15 | 0.87 | 0.34 |
| Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.79 | 0.70 | 2.16 | 0.85 |
| Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.57 | 0.22 | 1.09 | 0.43 |
| Section at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Flat. Ellipse | Ellipse | ||
| Section at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Flat. Ellipse | Ellipse | ||
| Weight(kg/lb+oz)1 | 0.98 | 2lb 3oz | -- | -- | 0.33 | 0lb 12oz |
| Information source | 1 Author | |||||
| Hilt | Blade | Scabbard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials1 | Horn (brown) | Steel | Metal |
| Bronze | Nickel coating | Nickel coating | |
| -- | -- | Symetrical shoe | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Features1 | Laurel leaves | -- | 1 loose ring |
| Floral design | -- | -- | |
| Flower | -- | -- | |
| Goden thread portepee | -- | -- | |
| Torsade Brass thread (2) | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Marks1 | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Hilt inscription1 | -- | ||
| Blade inscription1 | -- | ||
| Scabbard inscription1 | -- | ||
| Information source | 1 Author | ||
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