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In transit from the EU, vendor thinks it's a Solingen blade with a wolf both sides. I'm not so sure, could be a wolf or a fox or... Their description was a bit terse. English? Naval Officer's hanger? 18c? I'll give More info on arrival. Blade looks like UK, brass guard, Chain & Pommel, leather grip, slightly worn, spiralled with twisted wire. Been lovingly kept rust (and patina
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I think this is a German or Austrian hunting sword, a "Jagdplaute" in German language. Made probably at Solingen in the middle of the 18. century. It has certainly nothing to do with a navy.
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the blade resembles the blades mounted in british infantry hangers in the middle of the 18th century. the mark in the blade can be a running fox, the mark from Samuel Harvey from Birmingham. if so, in the fox the initial SH could be seen
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Cool, two opinions for the price of one
![]() When it arrives, maybe the mark on the other side will reveal more. |
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As Jasper has observed, this is a mid 18th c hanger blade as produced by Samuel Harvey in Birmingham from 1750-70s. The running fox (aka bushy tail fox) is in the proper blade location and these were fully animated images, indeed often (not always) with initials SH.
Solingen running wolf was a chop mark type stylization, usually similar but free style and on one side of blade typically. This does look like a German, or East European hanger of the period, but then British hangers and German often interpolated. British infantry hangers of mid 18th century followed established Prussian styles. While this is a civilian hunting sword it is interesting to see a munitions grade military hanger blade used....very interesting. |
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Thanks,Jim, as I h̶o̶p̶e̶d̶ suspected.
![]() What tales it could tell of its journeys. From here to the far side of Europe and now on its way back home. It would have been made during the rule of the German Kingdom of Preußen eventually winding up in one of it's most eastern states of Latvia, where it is leaving for home...Possibly made for one of Frederick the Great's Nobles visiting England, or carried there as booty by Nappy, or loot by Wilhelm in 1871, after a short stay in France by the conquering British Infantry after waterloo. Last edited by kronckew; 14th April 2019 at 07:06 PM. |
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