Hi,

I know, there is a LOT of rubbish around like that one, but this one was offered to me from a good source. The pics are not the best, but the details I can see are not so bad. I never saw such a honor piece before.
IMO it is not just a upgraded, early civil piece, the swas does not looks like simply added to the cross guard.
The style of the lettering of the inscription concerns me. It does not look like the original "Fraktur" letters used in the period.

What do you think?

Thanks for comments!

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Last edited by germandaggerman; 08/19/2013 08:50 AM.