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Old 8th January 2022, 08:36 AM   #5
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I have what I think is a "mortuary sword" in my collection with a portrait at its blade. I have no idea for which purpose this sword has been made. Length is 880 mm, blade 725 mm, width 30 mm. The former owner told me that it could have been made for the funeral of king Louis XV.
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