A boarding axe for comments

[M ELEY]

Thanks for responding, CC! I meant every word of praise! It is interesting that I purchased this through an antiques dealer in Dorking, Suffolk. He said it came from an 'old collection', so I wonder if perhaps this might be one of those axes brought back from either of the two Copenhagen battles. There is no marking corresponding to 'out of service' that I see, but who knows?