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16th January 2018, 09:46 AM
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17th century (?) sword blade
Just recently i bought a few swords from a relatively unknown auction. This is my first time owning an item like this and my knowledge on these blades is non existend.
 That beeing said, i hope the vast knowledge from others will point me towards a better understanding. The blade is 74cm long measured from the point. Total length is 88,5cm. The blade balances around 23cm from where the crossguard would have been. The blade is etched with multiple drawings and also letters which i can not decipher (could be pig Latin?). |
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16th January 2018, 01:06 PM
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The script on one side of the blade reads "Pro Christo et Pro Patria"
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16th January 2018, 01:16 PM
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Hi Corrado,
Thank you, that type of text is not unussual for swords i think? |
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16th January 2018, 03:54 PM
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Maybe Pro Cristo et Patria ?
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16th January 2018, 04:44 PM
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Who is "Cristo"? I never saw a name like this on a blade
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16th January 2018, 04:52 PM
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I ried to line the "Ch" in red
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16th January 2018, 05:57 PM
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Quote:
 . But my point was that i didn't discern the word "Pro" in the inscription, as neither it usually see it in such motto out there. Also i wouldn't imagine this blade being from the 17th century, rather than from the 18th. . Last edited by fernando; 16th January 2018 at 08:24 PM. |
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