Hanger (infantry sword)

Culture German

Cultureor Austrian

Date1625–1650

Mediumsteel, wood

Dimensions82.6 × 66.7 cm (32 1/2 × 26 1/4 in.), 1 lb, 10 oz (weight)

ClassificationsArms and Armor

MarkingsBoth faces of forte stamped with concentric horseshoe-like mark.

Credit LineThe John Woodman Higgins Armory Collection

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Object number2014.315

DescriptionSteel double-edge elliptical section blade reshaped at point. Iron hilt consisting of forward flattish open side ring, pair of quillons with comma-like terminals curved towards blade. Extending from forward quillon & recurving towards pommel is open knuckle guard. Iron lozenge section pommel, irregularly square & necked at mid-height, where it is pierced by pair of holes. Necked plain base & expanding conical button. Spiral wooden grip wrapped with twisted iron wire & having pair of small "Turk's heads".
ProvenanceGeorge L. Maxwell; purchased by John W. Higgins on November 30, 1928 from Anderson Galleries (NY), lot 272. Given to the Museum on January 8, 1947. Collection transfer from Higgins Armory, January 2014.

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