| 21. | Many of these swords were brought back to Scotland and influenced the development of the basket-hilted claymore, a symbol of Scotland.
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| 22. | One of the earliest basket-hilted swords was recovered from the wreck of the Mary Rose, an English warship lost in 1545.
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| 23. | After the battle Byrhtnoth's body was found with its head missing, but his gold-hilted sword was still with his body.
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| 24. | The term " basket hilt " eventually came into vogue to describe such designs, and there are a variety of basket-hilted swords.
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| 25. | The weapon's unique shape did not lend well to the replication of traditional cruciform-hilted swords like the arming sword or longsword.
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| 26. | The Hundred Swiss were armed with halberds, the blade of which carried the Royal arms in gold, as well as gold-hilted swords.
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| 27. | As a result, in the 17th century, Highlander warriors developed a lighter, one-handed basket-hilted broadsword that protected the hand.
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| 28. | Characteristic hoard artefacts from southern Haryana / northern Rajasthan include flat axes ( celts ), harpoons, double axes, and antenna-hilted swords.
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| 29. | Staff officers throughout most of the period carried a brass hilted sword, but with the crossed baton staff symbol in place of the royal cipher.
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| 30. | The sword itself is said to date back to at least the 13th century and it is a typical cross-hilted weapon from that time.
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