Executioner's sword used to behead Oldenbarnevelt, An iron two-handed broadsword with a blade of 7.5 cm wide at the guard, narrowing at the end to 6 cm and then ending in a blunt point. Behind the handle a double button. Inscription: Stupid guilty half / Disastrous Oldebarneveldt / This weighed through your neck the state / A deep wound in his council / When on the murder scaffold in The Hague / Your dear life was troubled. Marked., The Hague, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, anonymous, Netherlands, 1600 - 1625, iron (metal), engraving, l 110 cm × w 22.6 cm
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Executioner's sword, behead Oldenbarnevelt, iron two-handed broadsword, blade, 7 5
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