A GERMAN (AUGSBURG) STATE GLAIVE ( KUSE ) OF AN OFFICER OF THE BODYGUARD OF THE EMPEROR RUDOLF II OF AUSTRIA (1552-1612, reg . 1576-1611) Dated 1577 With long flat knife-like blade with convex leading edge, back-edged towards the point, and with cusped rectangular socket with a moulding at its base, etched on three-quarters of both sides with a design of interlaced strapwork on a blackened dotted ground (now somewhat worn), on the left side the date, the Emperor's motto 'Ad Sit' ('He (God) be with me', but also an acronym for the motto Auxilium Domini Sit Inquis Terror , The assistance of God is a terror to the evil ones), a double-headed eagle holding an arrow and with an imperial crown above, the Bindenschild of Austria and the number '12', on the right side the crowned letter 'R' with a sword, sceptre, orb, and cross above a shield charged with the arms of Hungary and Bohemia, at the base of the left side of the blade the etcher's monogram 'HS', and at the base of the right side a shield with his coat-of-arms, four straps, and octagonal wooden staff, the upper part studded with iron and brass tacks and with tassel 25 in. (65.4 cm.) head
A GERMAN (AUGSBURG) STATE GLAIVE ( KUSE ) OF AN OFFICER OF THE BODYGUARD OF THE EMPEROR RUDOLF II OF AUSTRIA (1552-1612, reg . 1576-1611) Dated 1577 With long flat knife-like blade with convex leading edge, back-edged towards the point, and with cusped rectangular socket with a moulding at its base, etched on three-quarters of both sides with a design of interlaced strapwork on a blackened dotted ground (now somewhat worn), on the left side the date, the Emperor's motto 'Ad Sit' ('He (God) be with me', but also an acronym for the motto Auxilium Domini Sit Inquis Terror , The assistance of God is a terror to the evil ones), a double-headed eagle holding an arrow and with an imperial crown above, the Bindenschild of Austria and the number '12', on the right side the crowned letter 'R' with a sword, sceptre, orb, and cross above a shield charged with the arms of Hungary and Bohemia, at the base of the left side of the blade the etcher's monogram 'HS', and at the base of the right side a shield with his coat-of-arms, four straps, and octagonal wooden staff, the upper part studded with iron and brass tacks and with tassel 25 in. (65.4 cm.) head
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