Swiss Diplomat Smallsword
Data
| Period1 | 20th Century | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Min/Max date1 | 1900-01-01 - 1940-12-31 | Location(cntry)1 | Belgium |
| Origin1 | Switzerland | Location(detail)1 | ex author s collection |
| Sword type1 | Smallsword | Displayed at1 | -- |
| Corps1 | Diplomat | Reference1 | -- |
| Outfit1 | Court | ||
| Owner1 | Author | ||
| Guard type1 | 1 bar | Provenance1 | Wavre militaria fair |
| Quillions1 | 2 | Provenance(detail)1 | September 09 2019 |
| Hilt type1 | Single shell | Original owner1 | -- |
| Grip form1 | Elliptical flat | ||
| Pommmel type1 | Busy | Condition1 | Good |
| Blade type1 | Straight | ||
| Edge1 | Double edged | ||
| Fuller1 | 0 | Information date | 2019-12-20 |
| Information source | 1 Author 2 Source |
| Sword | Blade | Scabbard | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max length(cm/In)1 | 94.8 | 37.32 | 79.7 | 31.38 | 82.7 | 32.56 |
| Max width(cm/In)1 | 11.00 | 4.33 | 1.52 | 0.60 | 2.82 | 1.11 |
| Max thickness(cm/In)1 | 4.20 | 1.65 | 0.45 | 0.18 | 2.51 | 0.99 |
| Curvature(cm/In)1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.00 |
| Width at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.97 | 0.38 | 1.70 | 0.67 |
| Thickness at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.25 | 0.10 | 0.92 | 0.36 |
| Width at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 1.29 | 0.51 | 1.94 | 0.76 |
| Thickness at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | 0.35 | 0.14 | 1.33 | 0.52 |
| Section at 10 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Flat. Hexagon | Ellipse | ||
| Section at 50 cm(cm/In)1 | -- | -- | Flat. Hexagon | Rounded rectangle | ||
| Weight(kg/lb+oz)1 | 0.53 | 1lb 3oz | -- | -- | 0.09 | 0lb 3oz |
| Information source | 1 Author | |||||
| Hilt | Blade | Scabbard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Materials1 | Bronze | Steel | Black leather |
| Chrome plated | -- | White metal | |
| Porcelain | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Features1 | Flowers | 1/2 acid etching | Arabesque |
| Arabesques | Floral design | Leaf-shaped frog button | |
| Lizards | 40 mm ricasso | Staple | |
| White felt washer | -- | -- | |
| Empty medallion | -- | -- | |
| Missing a Swiss cross | -- | -- | |
| Marks1 | -- | Carl Eickhorn Soligen | -- |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| Hilt inscription1 | -- | ||
| Blade inscription1 | -- | ||
| Scabbard inscription1 | -- | ||
| Information source | 1 Author | ||
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