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6th May 2009, 05:41 PM
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Sorry, Jim,
The first paragraph in my previous reply is of course a quotation from your post but I somehow spoilt it to be marked as such.   Michael |
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6th May 2009, 08:56 PM
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I just seem to have discovered what may be a small sensation:
It seems as if the above posted Pappenheimer rapier retaining its orginal scabbard, the blade engraved with the portrait of a noble man and the Latin inscription Soli Deo (and) Gloria, belonged to a guardsman of Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim (1594-1632). It is now in the collection of a friend of mine. The portrait on the blade is very similar to the Graf Pappenheim portraits posted. Anyway, I'll repost them. Michael |
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17th November 2010, 09:06 AM
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Two Pappenheimer rapiers, ca. 1630, preserved at Schloss Braunfels, Northern Germany.
Author's photos (2005) and copyright. m Last edited by Matchlock; 17th November 2010 at 09:31 AM. |
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