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Sword (two-handed)

Lost Art-ID
598677
Draaser Schwert, Zeichnung aus der Inventurliste der Einrichtungsgegenstände der Kirche.
Draaser Schwert, Gesamtaufnahme im Kirchhof.
Schwert Detailansicht vom Griff, Griffringen, Parier.
Artist / Creator
Unknown
Title
Sword (two-handed)
Dating
1300/1600
Object type
Weapon
Group of reported objects
Militaria
Material / Technique
Metal (Iron) / forged
Measures
Grifflänge | handle length: 46 cm; Klingenlänge | blade length: 112 cm
Width
40.00 cm
Length
168.00 cm
Description
The handle of the Draaser sword is covered with black leather. The blade has prongs on both sides.
Provenance
Entry into the treasury of the Church presumably in the late 15th or 16th century; Kept in the Draas (Drauseni) fortress church in Romania until August 1944; Taken by SS escape convoy and subsequently handed over to an adjutant of the Reichsführer on Oct. 6, 1944, at Prinz Albrecht-Str., Berlin; since then whereabouts unknown.
Literature / Source

Quellen | source:

Kirchenbücher Draas, Siebenbürgen, Rumänien (Beschreibungen der Einrichtungsgegenstände)

Eidesstattliche Erklärung Hans Kastenhuber vom 17.08.1982 zur Übergabe des Schwertes in Berlin.

Published since
28.02.2022
Contact

Parohia Evangelica C.A. Drauseni
Comunei Caţa județul Brașov
Drauseni Nr. 56
507042 Drăuşeni
Romania

Contact
Parohia Evangelica C.A. Drauseni
E-Mail
draas.ekr@gmx.net
Circumstances of loss reported as
Looted property
Search Request, Institution

Evangelische Kirche A.B. Draas

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