Execution Sword
This is not a weapon of war but is still an instrument of death.
The condemned did not prostrate themselves on the block as they
would have done if the tool used by the executioner was an axe.
Rather they would be blindfolded and would kneel upright in front
of the executioner (sometimes holding a cross). There are records
of several people from noble families (such as Anne Boleyn)
avoiding the clumsy chops of the axe by paying for specialist
foreign swordsmen to carry out the deed.
Object no :
RI_DC_0000079
Collection :
Creator :
Peter Munich
Place of Production :
Germany
Dimensions :
blade 807mm, hilt 230mm
Materials :
NA
Location :
NA
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