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Medieval sword with uncommon symbols found by Dutch employees on show

Editorial Board Published July 7, 2025
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A exceptional medieval sword with uncommon symbols was just lately placed on show in a Dutch museum, over a 12 months after it was discovered by building employees unexpectedly.

The invention of the sword was introduced by the Netherlands’ Nationwide Museum of Antiquities (RMO) in Leiden on June 24.

The artifact, named the Linschoten Sword, was present in March 2024 throughout “maintenance dredging activities,” the museum stated in a press launch.

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Development employees had been struck by a “long piece of iron” whereas cleansing a small river often called the Korte Linschoten, the assertion famous.

The invention turned out to be a sword measuring over three toes in size, relationship again between 1050 and 1150 A.D. 

The Linschoten Sword measures over three toes in size and dates again to the eleventh century.

Photos present the sword with an extended crossguard and a pommel formed like a Brazil nut, the museum famous.

“The blade is sharp on both edges and inlaid with strips of gold-colored copper, forming circular motifs featuring a cross and an ‘endless knot’ flanked by three lines on each side,” the RMO stated. 

Medieval swords are “rare finds.”

The sword was possible made with high-quality iron that was mined regionally within the Veluwe hills. Consultants imagine it was intentionally deposited into the river, as there was no hint of a scabbard or sheath. 

The museum additionally famous that medieval swords had been “deeply personal possessions.”

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“They were either buried with their owner or – alternatively – ritually deposited into water,” the discharge famous. “In the latter case, they are often exceptionally well-preserved.”

Historians imagine the sword was intentionally left in a river, which allowed it to outlive for a millennium. (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden)

“When [swords are found], [they’re] often well-preserved because they are made of top-quality steel,” she defined.

Many swords had been “deposited in a river, where they rested for centuries under the water table, in an anaerobic environment,” the curator added.

“We have a similar sword with the same shape and date in our collections with the name ‘Ulfberht’ on the blade that was found in the river Schelde,” she stated. “We have [many] more swords from the Middle Ages more broadly.’”

“Only the organic components – such as the wooden grip and any leather wrappings – have succumbed to time.”

In its assertion, the museum famous that, although the sword was “remarkably well-preserved,” it’s potential that some parts have decayed after 1,000 years.

“Only the organic components – such as the wooden grip and any leather wrappings – have succumbed to time,” the RMO’s press launch added. 

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“The iron is barely corroded due to the oxygen-poor environment of the wet soil. Traces of the wooden hilt are still visible on the preserved sword.”

The sword’s exceptional preservation gives a uncommon connection to the eleventh century, a interval marked by frequent battle within the Netherlands.

“During this period, the Bishop of Utrecht held authority in the region, although the Counts of Holland and Flanders were rising in power,” the museum stated. 

“This era also saw a shift in military tactics and weaponry: vertical slashing from horseback gave way to horizontal thrusting between pieces of armor,” the officers added.

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“This sword, which could be wielded with one hand, embodies that transitional phase – suited to both techniques.”

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