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- Sword, the hilt having a heavy wheel pommel, the sides formed into flattened cones; slightly curving crossguard oblong in section, being broader horizontally; the grip missing. The blade, which is double-edged with a very thick spine and therefore very stiff, has a flattened diamond section and tapers to a point. There is a maker's mark on both sides. Laking states that this sword was found in France; Ada Bruhn Hoffmeyer, op. cit., Pl. XXVa dated as 1375-1400.
A sword bearing the same armourer's mark, and similar in workmanship, but one inch longer in the blade, was lent by Baron de Cosson to the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1891-3, no. 70, and was later in the collection of Sir Guy Laking. This sword was also found in France.
- Sword, the hilt having a heavy wheel pommel, the sides formed into flattened cones; slightly curving crossguard oblong in section, being broader horizontally; the grip missing. The blade, which is double-edged with a very thick spine and therefore very stiff, has a flattened diamond section and tapers to a point. There is a maker's mark on both sides. Laking states that this sword was found in France; Ada Bruhn Hoffmeyer, op. cit., Pl. XXVa dated as 1375-1400.