Campaign swords / Walloon swords / Felddegen - how to date them?

AHorsa · 29th November 2023, 03:19 PM

I just recognized, that the double edged blade with the two fullers of the 3rd sword on the picture in my first comment is from the 16th century and was reused then in the 17th century.
So I searched some literature for similar blades and came across those so called swiss sabers of the 16th century. Those sabers and also related sword of that period already show "knots" on the stirrups. Also the middle "connection piece" between the two stirrups is already there (I hope the pictures make clear what is hard for me to describe).

So my hypothesis is, that the campaign swords evolved from those particular swords of the 16th century.

I stole one picture from an old thread from Matchlock. I hope that´s fine. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=91909

29th November 2023, 03:19 PM	#1
AHorsa Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Rhineland Posts: 364	I just recognized, that the double edged blade with the two fullers of the 3rd sword on the picture in my first comment is from the 16th century and was reused then in the 17th century. So I searched some literature for similar blades and came across those so called swiss sabers of the 16th century. Those sabers and also related sword of that period already show "knots" on the stirrups. Also the middle "connection piece" between the two stirrups is already there (I hope the pictures make clear what is hard for me to describe). So my hypothesis is, that the campaign swords evolved from those particular swords of the 16th century. I stole one picture from an old thread from Matchlock. I hope that´s fine. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=91909 Attached Images