late baselard or Swiss sword (ca. 1500)

predecessor of the baselard, a late 14th century Swiss dagger

The Baselard (also Basilard, the name is probably from the town of Basel) or Swiss dagger (Schweizerdegen) was a weapon popular with the Swiss pikemen throughout the 15th and 16th centuries. They were somewhere between a long dagger and a short sword, with a blade length averaging to some 40 cm in the early 15th century, reaching up to 70 cm towards the end of the 15th century. Their handling largely corresponded to the German grosses messer. The copyright status of this work is difficult or impossible to determine. ... The copyright status of this work is difficult or impossible to determine. ... The copyright status of this work is difficult or impossible to determine. ... The copyright status of this work is difficult or impossible to determine. ... Basel (English traditionally: Basle , German: Basel , French Bâle , Italian Basilea ) is Switzerlands third most populous city (188,000 inhabitants in the canton of Basel-City as of 2004; the 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerlands second-largest... For the typographical mark, see dagger (typography). ... A pike is a pole weapon once used extensively by infantry principally as a counter-measure against cavalry assaults. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... The fictional sword Glamdring A sword (from Old English sweord; akin to Old High German swerd lit. ... fighting with a messer and a hungarian shield (Gladiatoria fechtbuch fol. ...

The daggers' characteristic is the crescent shape of hilt and pommel. This shape is attested from as early as the 13th century. The shape remained peculiar to Switzerland and does not appear to have been imitated elsewhere. The design can be made out in many works of Hans Holbein, for which reason the Swiss dagger was sometimes also called Holbein Dagger. Hans Holbein is the name of two German Renaissance painters: Hans Holbein the Elder (1460-1524) Hans Holbein the Younger (c. ...

The Cgm 558 Fechtbuch mentions a few techniques for unarmed defense against an attack with a baselard. The Cgm 558 is a convolution of two 15th century manuscripts with a total of 176 folia, bound together in the 16th century. ... Fechtbuch (plural Fechtbücher) is German for combat manual, one of the manuscripts or printed books of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance containing descriptions of a martial art. ...

The Baselard type of secondary weapon evolved into the 19th century fascine knife used issued to artillerists. In Nazi Germany, the hilt design of some ordnance daggers were modelled on the Swiss dagger (worn by members of SS, SA, and NSKK formations). The fascine knife was a sidearm issued to 19th century light infantry and artillery. ... Historically, artillery refers to any engine used for the discharge of projectiles during war. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... SS or ss or Ss may be: The Schutzstaffel, a Nazi paramilitary force Steamship (SS) (ship prefix) The United States Secret Service A submarine not powered by nuclear energy (SS) (United States Navy designator), see SSN A Soviet/Russian surface-to-surface missile, as listed by NATO reporting name Shortstop... Hitler addressing SA members in the late 1920s The Sturmabteilung (SA, German for Storm Division and is usually translated as stormtroops or stormtroopers) functioned as a paramilitary organisation of the NSDAP – the German Nazi party. ... The National Socialist Motor Corps (German: Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrerkorps), also known as the National Socialist Drivers Corps, was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party that existed between the years of 1931 and 1945. ...