old relic sword

[sscrooge]

Can anybody tell me anything about this old sword, the guy who has it told me it was found with a skeleton under a stone wall in scotland on some battlefield , but it has solingen on it, cheers Dave

[sscrooge]

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[lampstation]

hi scrooge, there is too much glare on pics to really see the hilt properly
but bear in mind a lot of scottish swords carried german blades, try a
few more pics, all the best,brenig.

[damasco]

English (mortuary) hilt sword ? Regards: James

[james m]

I'm thinking basket hilt sword myself.
Jim

[damasco]

It is a (mortuary) hilt sword . Regards: James http://www.cullodenantiques.com/page...d-weapons.html

[james m]

And it's also sometimes referred to as a half basket hilt.
Jim

[damasco]

Correct... Regards: James B.
Off the internet But also have the referance in books.
Mortuary sword or half basket hilt


British Pattern 1788 Heavy Cavalry Sword
A similar weapon was the cut-and-thrust mortuary sword which was used after 1625 by cavalry during the English Civil War. This (usually) two-edged sword sported a half-basket hilt with a straight blade some 90–105 cm long. These hilts were often of very intricate sculpting and design.
After the execution of King Charles I (1649), basket-hilted swords were made which depicted the face or death mask of the "martyred" king on the hilt. These swords came to be known as "mortuary swords", and the term has been extended to refer to the entire type of Civil War–era broadswords by some 20th-century authors.[11]
This sword was Oliver Cromwell's weapon of choice; the one he owned is now preserved in the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds. Mortuary swords remained in use until around 1670 when they fell out of favor among civilians and began to be replaced with the smallsword.[

[james m]

Damasco:
Thanks for posting the expanded information on this sword.
Jim

[sscrooge]

Thanks guys very much for all your help and info rgds Dave

[Mac 66]

Haw You sassenach!!, Thon Sword belangs tae ma ancestors!!

Return it Back Laddie ur u,ll run ye threw

[sscrooge]

sorry Scott its now back in good ole england i managed to buy it for a nice price , it has two faces on it am i correct in thinking these will be of king charles death mask and that its a civil war sword ? cheers Dave

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[sscrooge]

Heres another i just picked up from an antiques centre,this was apparently dug up in france , rgds Dave