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Longsword, Northern Italian, c. 1450-75
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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/32429 gives it as 103cm, which is on the lower end of longswords, so maybe more of a bastard/hand-and-a-half sword (but then the grip seems a bit long for that
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