Medieval sword - opinions needed

[Lee]

Here is an image of one end of the guard of another Oakeshott type Xa sword, specifically Xa.3 in Oakeshott's Records of the Medieval Sword. Unfortunately, this image really does not well represent the only remaining undercleaned spot on this sword, but their is some similarity with the end of the guard shown in AHorsa's previous post.

[AHorsa]

Thank you for the image, Lee. There is also a nice example with similar corrosion found in Normandy (s. Fig. 11 and 13):

https://books.openedition.org/purh/17465

A contemporary depiction of a sword with that sort of wheel pommel can be found at the tomb of Heinrich der Löwe / Henry the Lion in the cathedrale of Brunswick. The monument likely was build shortly after his dead in 1195 (although some historians date it a few decades later, but there is strong evidence of an early origin).

Inspired by Lee´s sword, I attached a (removable) grip to give it back a bit of its originally appearance. Atteched an image.

Best regards
Andreas

[Lee]

Ewart Oakeshott would surely have approved of your grip reconstruction! It looks nice and also lets you "feel" the sword in your hand as a sword.

Thank you for the link to the article and the photos of the statue; I had not seen these before.