Description
This broad sword or cavalry sword is 40 ½ inches overall with a 35 ½ inch blade and 1 5/8 inches wide at the ricasso. The sword hilt is brass constructed of three pieces and has the head of a dragon or gargoyle. The guard consists of a downturned shell and an upturned shell on the reverse side with thumb ring. The blade contains a short 6 ½ inch fuller on either side and in the fuller are the letters “Sahagum” on both sides for Alonso De Sahagun working 1570 to 1599 in Spain. The blade also contains the Passau running fox and “Crown XX”. Due to the known blades that were made in Germany in the 17th century with the “Sahagum” or “Sahagon” mark copying the world renowed Spanish sword maker and the running fox, we believe this sword to be of German manufacture. The blade could have been hilted in Europe or possibly England. This is an unusually rare sword with a hilt made entirely of brass unlike some of the English Hounslow swords which have only a brass pommel.
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