German-Swiss saber, 1680

saber length 1010 mm, blade length 860 mm, blade width at base 30 mm, back thickness at base 7 mm, saber weight 855 g

Hand closed, iron frame. Shield-scabbard hilt, formed by joining round bars in a typical blacksmith's way. The front and outer side bail connected to the diagonal bar by an arc. On the inner side, an oval shield perforated with round holes, connecting the so-called finger with the lower frame of the handle shaft. On the outer side, a heart-shaped shield connects the diagonal bail with the front and side outer bail. The shield is missing, at the same time the grooves in the bail where it was embedded remain. The shaft of the handle is wooden, spindly, encircled by iron wire. The head was round. The shaft at the head and at the hilt fixed with a so-called braid. Head made of wrought iron, with a slight curvature, wedge-shaped in cross-section. Profiled on both sides of the amphibian with an adventitious furrow, already running from the base to the double-edged feather.
state of preservation: 3+/3-

Walloon swords, widespread at the beginning of the 17th century mainly in France, very quickly found their way to other Western European countries, as well as Scandinavia. They were an intermediate type of white weapon between the sword and the saber. Almost all types of heads were framed in its distinctive handle: single-edged, double-edged and even sword heads. Both infantry and cavalry were equipped with this weapon. It represented a lightweight, effective weapon, very cheap and easy to make. In Poland, foreign infantry troops may have been equipped with it.