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State Sword or Civil Servant's Sword
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State Sword or Civil Servant's Sword

anonymous · c. 1800 - c. 1950 · iron (metal); copper (metal); leather

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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State sword or official's sword with an iron triangular blade decorated with leafy vine motifs and ending in a point. The hilt consists of a downward-pointing quillon decorated with the coat of arms of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and surrounded by a laurel wreath. The side guard has a downward-pointing pommel in the form of a lion's head. The pommel is spherical and has volutes on the front and back with two male faces and a protruding lion's head. The grip is of mother-of-pearl with two parallel grooves on each side. The leather scabbard is black.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineStaatsiedegen of ambtenarendegen. c. 1800 - c. 1950. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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