The Baselard (also Basilard, the name is probably from the town of Basel) or Swiss dagger (''Schweizerdegen'') was a weapon popular with the Swiss pikemen throughout the 15th century and 16th century centuries. They were somewhere between a long dagger and a short sword, with a blade length averaging to 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. The daggers' characteristic is the crescent shape of hilt and pommel. This shape is attested from as early as the 13th century. The shape remained peculiar to Switzerland and does not appear to have been imitated elsewhere. The design can be made out in many works of Hans Holbein, for which reason the Swiss dagger was sometimes also called Holbein Dagger. The Cgm 558 Fechtbuch mentions a few techniques for unarmed defense against an attack with a baselard. The Baselard type of secondary weapon evolved into the 19th century fascine knife used issued to artillery. In Nazi Germany, the hilt design of some ordnance daggers were modelled on the Swiss dagger (worn by members of SS, Sturmabteilung, and NSKK formations). Knives History of Switzerland
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The Baselard (also Basilard, the name is probably from the town of Basel) or Swiss dagger (''Schweizerdegen'') was a weapon popular with the Swiss pikemen throughout the 15th century and 16th century centuries. They were somewhere between a long dagger and a short sword, with a blade length averaging to 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. The daggers' characteristic is the crescent shape of hilt and pommel. This shape is attested from as early as the 13th century. The shape remained peculiar to Switzerland and does not appear to have been imitated elsewhere. The design can be made out in many works of Hans Holbein, for which reason the Swiss dagger was sometimes also called Holbein Dagger. The Cgm 558 Fechtbuch mentions a few techniques for unarmed defense against an attack with a baselard. The Baselard type of secondary weapon evolved into the 19th century fascine knife used issued to artillery. In Nazi Germany, the hilt design of some ordnance daggers were modelled on the Swiss dagger (worn by members of SS, Sturmabteilung, and NSKK formations). Knives History of Switzerland
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