Hand-and-a-Half Sword

Medium

Steel, copper alloy

Dimensions

L. 49 1/8 in. (124.8 cm); L. of blade 38 1/2 in. (97.8 cm); Wt. 3 lb. 7 oz. (1560 g)

Classification

Swords

Culture

probably German

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Laird and Kathleen Landmann, in memory of Edmund Roy Hofmann, 2006

Accession Number

2006.564