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Originally Posted by celtan
I have been told that the Crown is not of the type used by Sweden.
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I've heard that suggested as well, but when the three examples I've seen here in Sweden are all stamped like that, it makes one wonder. The lack of the navy scrap stamp would seem to point to a non-Swedish origin though, I guess I'll have to start looking very closely at other Swedish navy swords at the upcoming auctions to see how common it is to find such blades without it.
I did find an image cached in google a few years back from a Dutch (if my memory is correct) auction house which seemed to be of an identical sword, but with the crown filled with gold (or at least some yellow metal). Seems I didn't save it though.
The two pictures of an m/1849 in Berg's
Svenska Blankvapen vol 5 unfortunately shows the wrong side, so no help there.