Subject: Ritter knight, Kreuzritter crusader knight, Dienstmann/Ministerialis knightly mercenary
Culture: German
Setting: Crusader kingdoms, Holy Roman Empire 12thc
Object: sword
Higgins Armory Museum > Story of the Sword *
"Knightly sword, about 1100 Western Europe Steel Weight: 2 lb. 2 oz. ... A sword like this, with its distinctive 'brazil-nut' pommel,
was the typical sidearm for a knight on the First Crusade. Like most medieval swords, it is in excavated condition, and its tip has been broken off."
Royal Ontario Museum *
Les épées munies de ce type de lame et au pommeau très typique
en forme de noix du Brésil étaient courantes au début de l'âge de la chevalerie.
Il est possible qu'on s'en soit déjà servi pendant la premiére croisade (1095-1099)."
Swords of this blade type and with distinctive 'Brazil-nut' shaped pommels were typical early in the Age of Chivalry.
Some may even have seen service in the First Crusade (1095-1099)."
* Windlass Steelcrafts #501395
Royal Armouries Museum > War *
"Sword This type of sword was probably developed from the Viking sword.
It has a similar broad, double-edged blade with a wide groove or 'fuller' on each face,
but the quillons are longer and thinner, and the heavy iron pommel is in the form of a beehive.
European, about 1100." ....
