LS 1999. 0. 31
Date : 1550-1575 | Medium : Etched and engraved iron, inlaid with gold, handle adorned with horn
Germany
The heel of the blade is adorned with the shield of Bavaria surrounded by the golden fleece borne aloft by two children separated by a lion couchant. The letters AHIOVNB above denote Prince Albert, Herzog in Ober und Nieder Bayern, i.e Duke of Bavaria.