Unknown coat-of-arms dating to the 16th century

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Unknown coat-of-arms dating to the 16th century

20th March 2012, 06:42 PM	#9
Matchlock (deceased) Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bavaria, Germany - the center of 15th and 16th century gunmaking Posts: 4,310	After intense stylistic research I think that the style of the etching represents the early 17th-century taste; this may be an Austrian sword from the Trabanten-Leibgarde (body guard) of an Austrian (Salzburg?) archbishop, ca. 1620. The crosses in the corners to me do not seem to be Templar's crosses but rather those of an archbishopry. m

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