sword: Media
weapon
Images
swords
(Top) Viking sword, (centre) Roman sword in scabbard, (bottom) Bronze Age sword;...
Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum
Japanese sword parts
(Top) Hand guard for a sword, shakudō (copper and gold alloy) and other...
Photograph by Veronika Brazdova. (Top) Victoria and Albert Museum, London, M. 66-1914, Church Gift; (bottom, left and right) Victoria and Albert Musuem, London, M.155-1924. Marcus Gift.
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