A late Viking Age sword from Żydowo

The sword from Żydowo is kept in the National Museum Szczecin: https://muzeum.szczecin.pl/

Book on Viking swords:
Fedir Androshchuk, Viking Swords. Swords and Social Aspects of Weaponry in Viking Age Societies. The Swedish History Museum Studies Volume 23. The National Historical Museum, Stockholm 2014. ISBN 978-91-89176-51-5.

Find the type Z sword from the SHM in Stockholm here: http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/fid....

The type S with a silver wire grip and missing pommel cap is kept at the Kulturhistorisk Museum in Oslo: https://www.khm.uio.no/
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The photo of the Celtic Knollenknaufschwert was taken in the Bernisches Historisches Museum: https://www.bhm.ch/de

X-rays of the swords from Hedeby harbour were published in: Das archäologische Fundmaterial VI. Berichte über die Ausgrabungen von Haithabu, Bericht 33. Neumünster, 1999. 148 Seiten, 66 Abbildungen und 17 Tafeln
A. Geibig: Die Schwerter aus dem Hafen von Haithabu
H. Paulsen: Pfeil und Bogen in Haithabu

The separate pommel cap with traces of both hard and soft solder, as well as the sword with a damaged hollow pommel cap, is kept in the museum storages at Gottorf Castle in Schleswig: https://schloss-gottorf.de/

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