Important sword of the Nordic Bronze Age of the type Hajdusamson - Apa. The sword was found in 1912 near Bragby, Uppland in Sweden by a local farmer. A cast of this sword is on display in the State Archaeological Museum in Stockholm. This original Bragby sword here was acquired by a Swedish collector as part of a sale of individual items from the museum's archives in the 1940s and has since been in several old Swedish collections. In the end since approx. 1985 in a private collection of B.E. / Sweden, purchased from this collection in the late 1980s by German collector R.B. through a Swedish auction house, until now after the piece has been sold by R.B. to me in my current collection, which is in the resolution of individual parts and i.a. being offered here. The sword shows signs of battle, is heavily patinated but overall in very good condition. Small old break of the blade tip about 1 cm. Blade with groove decoration, these in pairs of 5 individual grooves. Groove embellishment still well preserved and finely chased, but partly under the patina / malachite layer. Handle without decoration with large, slightly oval knob plate. This ending with a conical rivet flattened at the end. Handle with a total of 5 rivets including 3 false rivets, the outer rivets on the outside are real rivets. The sword was scientifically examined in the 1910s and 1920s and again and again until the 1940s. The sword is described in detail and mentioned in specialist literature. A sword of the same type was found in Bassen / Lower Saxony / Northern Germany and is mentioned in the literature together with the sword from Bragby cf. in addition - F. LAUX "- The swords in Lower Saxony -". The sword of Bragby can be found here. Mentioned in FORSSANDER "- The East Scandinavian North -" from 1936 and is described there. Other technical reports also take up this rare sword as shown in the last pictures of the lot description. A sword of the same type, but with no known find site was in the collection of Axel Guttmann (H. Born and S. Hansen, Helmets and Weapons of Old Europe: Collection Axel Guttmann IX Mainz, 2001, pp 112 195 and 274, pls 90, 151, 222 and XX ) Insured shipping worldwide. The seller can prove that the lot was obtained legally, provenance statement seen by Catawiki. Important information. The seller guarantees that he is entitled to ship this lot. The seller will take care that any necessary permits will be arranged. The seller will inform the buyer about this if this takes more than a few days. Important sword of the Nordic Bronze Age of the type Hajdusamson Apa The sword was found in 1912 near Bragby, Uppland in Sweden by a local farmer. A cast of this sword is on display at the State Archaeological Museum in Stockholm. This original Bragby sword here was purchased by a Swedish collector as part of a sale of individual pieces from the museum's archives in the 1940s and has been in several ancient Swedish collections ever since. Finally since about 1985 in private collection of B. E. / Sweden, purchase from this collection at the end of the 1980s by German collector R.B. via a Swedish auction house, until now after sale of the piece by R.B. to me in my current collection which is in dissolution of individual parts and which is offered here, among others. The sword has battle tracks, is strongly age-patinated but overall in very good condition. Small old break of the blade tip approx. 1 cm. Blade with groove decoration, these paired with 5 single grooves each. Groove decoration still well preserved and finely chiselled, but partly under patina / malachite layer. Handle without decoration with large, slightly oval knob plate. Ending in cone-shaped, towards the end flattened riveting mound. Handle with a total of 5 rivets of which 3 dummy rivets, the outer rivets are real rivets. The sword was scientifically investigated in the 1910s and 1920s and again and again until approx. the 1940s. The sword is described and mentioned in detail in specialist literature. A sword of the same type was found in Bassen / Lower Saxony / Northern Germany and is mentioned in literature together with the sword of Bragby compare - F. LAUX "- Die Schwerter in Niedersachsen -". The sword of Bragby here is mentioned among others in FORSSANDER "- Der ostskandinavische Norden -" from 1936 and is described there. Further specialist reports also pick up on this rare sword as seen on the last pictures of the lot description. Insured worldwide shipping.