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A fine rapier, Anton Schuch, Dresden c. 1600
A fine rapier, Anton Schuch, Dresden c. 1600 A fine rapier, Anton Schuch, Dresden c. 1600 A fine rapier, Anton Schuch, Dresden c. 1600 Trabantenrapier, Anton Schuch, Dresden um 1600 A fine rapier, Anton Schuch, Dresden c. 1600 A fine rapier, Anton Schuch, Dresden c. 1600 A fine rapier, Anton Schuch, Dresden c. 1600

A fine rapier of the Trabantenleibgarde, Dresden c. 1600
Length: 113 cm (44.49 inches).
Weight: 1250 g (44.09 oz.).
Blade: Of flattened lens section, single short groove, marks: viper of Milan under ducal crown and half moon poincon, inscription IHS, ornaments.
Hilt: Iron, etched and blued, grip with leather covering and copper wire, signed SA, at transverse side engraved number 24 on central shield.

Background
During the second half of the sixteenth century there occurred increasing confessional frictions in Central Europe due to the process of reformation. In the course of the Saxon elector’s confessional politics it became more and more important to deploy a personal life guard. This Trabantenleibgarde was about 100 persons strong and cared for the personal safety of the Elector and the residence. They also undertook other tasks at the court, at hunting and were also representatives of power who displayed the status and wealth of their lord during travelling and political gatherings of the electors. Members of the Trabanten came from the Saxon, Meissen and Thuringin knighthood and both Saxon and foreign aristocratic families.

As an integral part of the arming for the Saxon Trabantenleibgarde of Christian II. this rapier is an important object for the history of courtly culture in general and of the Saxon court in particular.

Description
The shape of the hilt represents the fashion during the transition from Renaissance times to Barock. In respect of functional aspects it is designed for the art of fencing as it was en vogue at the late sixteenth century. Typical for this time of transition the leading quillon swings up highly. On the outside the Trabant’s hand is protected by an upper and lower side ring, both elegantly retracted in the middle and cut with a molded swelling as an ornament. Fencing required[...]

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