Sword Of The Belt: History And Elegance Of The Order Of Malta

SOVEREIGN MILITARY AND HOSPITAL ORDER OF SAINT JOHN OF JERUSALEM, OF RHODES AND OF MALTA. Author: Vicente Toledo Momparler (sword expert)

Reference	3-oasj-B
Order	Saint John of Jerusalem and Malta
Guard	Entirely made of gilded brass. Straight cross with a shell bearing an anchor between laurel branches. Trilateral pommel and grip. On the grip, the coat of arms of Spain under a royal crown and, in the escutcheon at the center of the crosses, the Maltese Cross. On the reverse, the coat of arms of Spain is repeated between rampant lions under a royal crown.
Blade	Straight, with two ridges in the first third and two edges on two flat surfaces in the rest.
Sheath	Black leather, with gilded tip and throat. Button with the coat of arms of Spain for the suspension of the baldric.
Inscription	ARTA FABA DE TOLEDO 1881
Description	On the shell of the sword, an anchor with a hawser can be seen, as this Order had its own galleys in the 16th century and even participated in the battle of Lepanto under the command of Infante Don Juan of Austria, brother of Philip II and illegitimate son of Charles I. The knights belonging to this Order were also called Hospitallers, Knights of Rhodes, and the Order of Malta.
Full Name	Sovereign Military and Hospital Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
Total Length	920 mm
Blade Length	775 mm
Width	12 mm
Collection	Julio Jiménez

Sword of the Belt: History and Elegance of the Order of Malta