Forum: European Armoury
10th October 2021, 10:43 AM
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Hi Jim, I first learned about this Bosnian...
Hi Jim, I first learned about this Bosnian alphabet in this forum, see post #51: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=14049&page=2. I understand it was used primarily in the territory of...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th October 2021, 02:58 PM
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Replies: 29
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Here are some pictures of my unsharpened...
Here are some pictures of my unsharpened pallasch. In Sweden it’s defined as Cavalry Sabre m/1893 for Officers. The blade is in good quality steel with two fullers. Although the tip is sharp the...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th October 2021, 01:14 PM
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Replies: 13
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An observer’s comment on an inscription on a...
An observer’s comment on an inscription on a schiavona once alerted me to the now extinct Bosnian Cyrillic language: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_Cyrillic. ”After the Ottoman conquest,...
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Forum: European Armoury
9th October 2021, 01:06 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
6th October 2021, 08:11 PM
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Forum: European Armoury
6th October 2021, 05:15 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 126,997
I have a pallasch from an ancestor who was an...
I have a pallasch from an ancestor who was an officer in the Kungliga Norrlands Dragoner in early 20thC which is unsharpened. I believe the reason for this is that the swords were only sharpened for...
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd October 2021, 02:22 PM
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Replies: 14
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd October 2021, 10:10 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd October 2021, 09:50 AM
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd October 2021, 04:25 PM
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Hi Jim,
Many thanks for your comments. This...
Hi Jim,
Many thanks for your comments. This is the officers’ version of the M1869 and a private purchase. The cavalry trooper’s sabre has a 3.6cm wide blade and a simpler guard perforated with...
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Forum: European Armoury
25th September 2021, 03:22 PM
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Replies: 14
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Austro-Hungarian cavalry sword M1869
I recently acquired an Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal (k.k.) cavalry sabre M1869 for officers. It’s a nickelplated version with scabbard. There’s a fuller down one side of the 83.5cm long blade...
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Forum: European Armoury
29th August 2021, 07:50 PM
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Replies: 8
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Forum: European Armoury
28th August 2021, 08:50 AM
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Replies: 4
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Forum: European Armoury
2nd August 2021, 09:37 PM
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Replies: 11
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At the Wallace Collection:
” “War Hammer...
At the Wallace Collection:
” “War Hammer (Czákany), with a square, stepped, hammer-head with a square face and moulded neck, balanced by a long, slightly drooping, fluted beak. Short, socket...
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Forum: European Armoury
1st August 2021, 10:03 AM
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Replies: 14
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Forum: European Armoury
26th July 2021, 09:41 PM
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Replies: 5
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Armour used by machine gunners apparently....
Armour used by machine gunners apparently. Perhaps it accounts for the enlarged arm opening on the right hand side? Otherwise I speculate it could be to swing and throw stick grenades.
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Forum: European Armoury
19th July 2021, 09:56 PM
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Replies: 30
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Forum: European Armoury
18th July 2021, 01:44 PM
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Replies: 30
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Forum: European Armoury
8th July 2021, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 78,203
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Forum: European Armoury
6th July 2021, 07:17 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 78,203
I’m not an Italian speaker but understand the...
I’m not an Italian speaker but understand the sword is believed to have belonged to Gian Giacomo Trivulzio (https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Gian_Giacomo_Trivulzio) and here is a photo of the sword...
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Forum: European Armoury
5th July 2021, 07:38 PM
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Replies: 48
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Very interesting observations which seem...
Very interesting observations which seem plausible. I saw it as an upside down W but it makes more sense as a M. This letter must have had some significance since one might otherwise assume that the...
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Forum: European Armoury
5th July 2021, 10:36 AM
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Replies: 48
Views: 78,203
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Forum: European Armoury
4th July 2021, 09:11 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 78,203
The orb with a single cross was also used as a...
The orb with a single cross was also used as a symbol for the Holy Roman Empire, which sometimes was at odds with the Vatican for temporal power. Not sure whether the single cross orbs sometimes seen...
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Forum: European Armoury
4th July 2021, 02:54 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 78,203
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Forum: European Armoury
3rd July 2021, 01:28 PM
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Views: 78,203
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