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