Illustration by poul steffensen from the danish novel gjøngehøvdingen by carit etlar which takes place during the dano-swedish war in 1657-1658. Captain ziegler, a german mercenary hired by the swedish army, and the swedish captain kernbok with a group of drunk officers around them. The two captains been arguing to the point of kernbok challenging ziegler to a duel. Ziegler wants that they fight with daggers and bound to each other with a sash as the duel would go faster that way. Date: Original illustration from the 1890s, here reprint from 1909..
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