Battle rifle, 17th/18th century.

Carbine length in the scabbard 884 mm, rifle length 868 mm, head length 735 mm, head width at the base 39 mm, back thickness at the base 8 mm, weight of the rifle 875 g, weight of the rifle in the scabbard
1265 g

Hand open, steel frame. Straight, cross-pointed yoke, with short whiskers and arms ending in balls. The head tilted forward, in the form of a schematic eagle's head, seen in profile. The shaft of the handle made of two black chevron incised facings, riveted three times to the shaft of the head. The ridges of the facings framed by a smooth steel strip. The blade is polished steel, with moderate curvature. Profiled on both sides in a single, reaching a long double-edged pen, the dorsal furrow. Two central furrows - the first at the height of the pawn, above the second, reaching halfway down the pen. The stab in the line of the dorsum. On the outer lobe of the pledge stamped sword marks. P o c h w a s made of wooden shells, covered with leather and stitched in the middle of the inner side. Steel fittings. Sockets for the mustache of the hilt, riffles and viscera carved into the leather by lining with string or wire. The outer side of the sheath decorated with a wavy line, formed similarly to the sockets. Two wide rings of riffles at the edges decorated with straight lines. Rings with movable cusps on the flattened back side of the scabbard. Viscera similarly decorated.
state of preservation: 4/4/4