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It's tough to find anything really great over here so when I saw this I had to buy it, a total length of 25", it's a shame it's missing it's skinning knife but that is long gone. It still has around 70% of it's original gilt finish, the blade is in near mint state thanks to the lack of runners in these Imperial pieces, the crown represents a Krone der Prinzen aus herzoglichen Häusern translated to Crown of a Princely Ducal household. I've been looking and to date have not conclusively found the original house, there are a number of ducal houses with a princes name beginning with "H", perhaps it will never be found which is a shame but it doesn't detract from a great hirschfänger.

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Gary

Crown H hirschfänger 001a.JPG (112.81 KB, 240 downloads)
Crown H hirschfänger 002a.JPG (117.96 KB, 241 downloads)
Crown H hirschfänger 004a.JPG (112.26 KB, 240 downloads)
Crown H hirschfänger 010aa.JPG (108.11 KB, 238 downloads)
Crown H hirschfänger 011a.JPG (115.56 KB, 240 downloads)
Crown H hirschfänger 006a.JPG (121.3 KB, 239 downloads)
Crown H hirschfänger 007a.JPG (104.12 KB, 238 downloads)
Crown H hirschfänger 008a.JPG (119.43 KB, 235 downloads)
Crown H hirschfänger 009a.JPG (106.24 KB, 236 downloads)
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Gary, that is wonderful!

John


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What workmanship and beautiful blade a real beauty.


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G,

Looks like a nice, heavy Hirschfänger with lots of gilding left. The etch patterns on that blade are crisp as toast, very nice! wink

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Unusual thanks for sharing.
Neat crossguard.

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Neat old hanger with the belt also. I find them always harder to find than the Hirsh. Love the older pieces for if only they could talk. Nice find Gary. James

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Thanks guys, I really do appreciate your comments.

Gary

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Just a beauty!

The age and era of this is really something!

Thanks for sharing Gary!

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Gary
What a beauty. I love the quality of Imperial pieces. Thanks for sharing and congratulations on this exquisite acquisition.

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Beautiful hand work and detail. Blade looks great too! Could we see an overall pic of the Fanger next to the scabbard?? Kevin.


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A very tasteful and elaborate hunter´s dagger. As lakeside I do appreciate this uncommon crossguard very much. The stag grip is a pleasure to see for itself.
There are special features which show the "rank" of such a crown. The quality of this piece corresponds to your research (Crown of a Princely Ducal household). Is there no makersmark to narrow the region where it was produced/worn? But even without further result it is a stunning piece of art.
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Here's a couple of shots of the piece out of the scabbard, it's so long it is tough to get the whole thing in one shot and still get the detail.

Thanks to all

Gary

Crown H hirschfänger 003a.JPG (119.03 KB, 101 downloads)
Crown H hirschfänger 004a.JPG (119.81 KB, 101 downloads)
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WOW! thanks for additional pics, just a rare beauty! Kevin.


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