13th century AD. An iron falchion with single-edged, asymmetric blade, with short back edge, surface littered with one hole and some signs of corrosion, a flowered opening on the upper part towards the end of the fuller, the cutting blade with many battle nicks, a deep fuller along the upper border of the back edge; straight cross-guard and round in cross section, metal grip, round pommel with a triangular shield inlaid on one side. See Oakeshott, R.E., The Archaeology of the weapons, London, 1960; Oakeshott, E., European Weapons and Armours from the Renaissance to the Industrial Revolution, Woodbridge, 1980.1.1 kg, 77.5cm (30 ½"). Property of an East Anglia, UK, gentleman; acquired in the 1990s. The medieval falchion sword was 37 to 40 inches in length, weighed about 1 to 2 pounds and was typically made from iron and steel. The most common design of the falchion swords were single-edged, broad and slightly curved on the blade and some versions of it were irregularly shaped and pointed. This specimen is similar to a falchion (AD 1300) housed in the Reichsstadtmuseum Rothenburg ob der Tauber, with the overall length of 70.7 cm, a blade length of 53.8 cm and width 6.4 cm.