Sabre court de troupe à pied, Dusägge, probablement... - Lot 233 - Pierre Bergé & Associés

Sabre court de troupe à pied, Dusägge, probablement Styrie vers 1580-1600. A German foot soldier's short sabre, dusägge, probably Styrian, circa 1580-1600. With curved blade widening towards the double-edged point, cut with a full-length broad fuller backed by a narrow fuller, struck on both sides with the abbreviated inscription "15 51" divided by an orb mark, together with the trade name "SAHAGVM", iron hilt of ribband-like bars, comprising a pair of spatulate quillons, half basket-guard and ring-guard (loose), thumbring joined to an inner diagonal bar linked in turn to a short arm projecting forward of the leading edge of the blade, rectangular pommel of truncated pyramidal form cut with fluted ornament, and retaining its original leathercovered wooden grip. L. overall: 80 cm - L. blade: 67 cm - W.: 19.5 cm. Swords of this type were made predominantly in Styrian workshops and were the principal infantry weapon of the forces engaged in the Turkish wars. Examples are found in many historical armouries within Central and Eastern Europe, the most notable being the Zeughaus in Graz. See KRENN, Peter, Schwert und Spiess, Landeszeughaus Graz, 1997 (Inv. Nr. BL 165), pp. 38-9.