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Iron, leather, wood. A Gothic longsword (Langschwert), blade marked Italy. PROVENANCE / Originally from a patrician collection in Lucerne, Switzerland; purchased in the 1990s. EXHIBITED / The Rosenbergs and their Journey through History, Waldstein Riding Hall, Prague, 2011; Hradec Králové Museum; The Gothic Style, Regional Museum in Kolín; The Cold Beauty of Plate Armour, Bítov Castle. LITERATURE / Ewart Oakeshott, Record of the Medieval Sword, Typ XV.a 3-5, p. 143.