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	Topics Baselard Topic Home The baselard (also Basilard, the name is probably from the town of BaselBasel Basel is Switzerland's third most populous city .... ) or Swiss daggerDagger A dagger is a double-edged knife used for stabbing, thrusting or as a secondary defense weapon in close combat.... (Schweizerdegen) is a historical Swiss bladeBlade A blade is the flat part of a tool or weapon that normally has a cutting edge and/or pointed end typically made of a metal, ... weaponWeapon A weapon is a tool which is intended to or is used to injure, kill, or a person, damage or destroy property, or to otherwis... with a crescent-shaped pommelHilt ----The hilt of a sword is its handle, consisting of a guard,... and crossguardCrossguard On a sword or some knives, the crossguard is a flat bar of metal at right angles to the blade, placed between the blade and ... . The baselard's characteristic hiltHilt ----The hilt of a sword is its handle, consisting of a guard,... features a crescentCrescent In art and symbolism, a crescent is generally the shape produced when a circular disk has a segment of another circle remove... -shaped pommelHilt ----The hilt of a sword is its handle, consisting of a guard,... and crossguardCrossguard On a sword or some knives, the crossguard is a flat bar of metal at right angles to the blade, placed between the blade and ... . Their curved shapes appeared as early as the 13th century and remained peculiar to Switzerland, and do not appear to have been imitated elsewhere. This distinctive hilt design can be made out in many works of Hans HolbeinHans Holbein Hans Holbein is the name of two German Renaissance painters:... , for which reason the Swiss dagger was sometimes also called a Holbein dagger. Their blade was characteristically double edged, tapering to a point and was, on earlier examples, sometimes diamond shape in cross-section. This form would lend a great deal of strength to the blade, especially useful for piercing armor. The Cgm 558Facts About Cgm 558 The Cgm 558 is a convolution of two 15th century manuscripts with a total of 176 folia, bound together in the 16th century.... FechtbuchFechtbuch Fechtbuch is German for 'fencing manual', one of the manuscripts or printed books of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissanc... mentions a few techniques for unarmed defense against an attack with a baselard. Baselard was also very popular with the Swiss pikemen throughout the 15th15th century As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500.... and 16th16th century As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600.... centuries. Those were somewhere between a long dagger and a short sword, with a blade length averaging 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. Baselards were not usually issued as ordnance weapons, but purchased privately as secondary weapons by soldiers. For this reason, there never emerged a definite standard form, and variations in hilt and blade design remained the rule from their inception in the 13th century until the weapon's decline in the 17th century. The baselard type of secondary weapon evolved into the 19th-century fascine knifeFascine knife The fascine knife was a side arm issued to 19th century light infantry and artillery.... used by artilleristsArtillery Historically, *artillery* refers to any engine used for the discharge of projectiles during war.... . In Nazi GermanyNazi Germany Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, refers to Germany in the years 1933 to 1945, when it was governed by the National So... , the hilts of some political and military daggerDagger A dagger is a double-edged knife used for stabbing, thrusting or as a secondary defense weapon in close combat.... s (worn by members of SS, SASturmabteilung The Sturmabteilung functioned as a paramilitary organization of the NSDAP – the German Nazi party.... , and NSKK formations) were modelled on the Swiss baselard. See also List of daggersList of daggers List of daggers:Acinaces Bagh nakh ... CinquedeaCinquedea The Cinquedea is a civilian short sword....