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16th January 2018, 01:06 PM
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The script on one side of the blade reads "Pro Christo et Pro Patria"
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16th January 2018, 01:16 PM
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Hi Corrado,
Thank you, that type of text is not unussual for swords i think? |
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16th January 2018, 03:54 PM
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Maybe Pro Cristo et Patria ?
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16th January 2018, 04:44 PM
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Who is "Cristo"? I never saw a name like this on a blade
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16th January 2018, 04:52 PM
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I ried to line the "Ch" in red
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16th January 2018, 05:29 PM
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The name of the maker is on the other side i think.
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16th January 2018, 05:49 PM
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"Vincere aut mori" (win or die) on the other side ...
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16th January 2018, 05:57 PM
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Quote:
 . But my point was that i didn't discern the word "Pro" in the inscription, as neither it usually see it in such motto out there. Also i wouldn't imagine this blade being from the 17th century, rather than from the 18th. . Last edited by fernando; 16th January 2018 at 08:24 PM. |
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17th January 2018, 06:19 AM
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The blade could well be 17th cent. I have in my collection a Polish saber (ex-Salm-Reifferscheidt zu Schloss Dyck, E.36, dated mid-17th cent. per the Ehrenthal catalogue) with very similar motifs, inscriptions, and font on its blade. A similar decorative style, along with Latin inscriptions, can also be found on a rare example of a European blade marked Me fecit Solingen 1633 [or 1635, last digit illegible] in Japanese mountings, ex-King Frederick VII of Denmark collection, now in the Nationalmuseum Kobenhavn (inv. no. AB 56 NMK), published in Vaabenhistoriske Aarboger XVI (1970), pp 163-71.
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17th January 2018, 07:31 AM
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The "fuller" are also inscribed, one side seems to read "si deus pro nobis quis contra nos" which translates to "If God be for us who can be against us?"
also a reference http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=209301 |
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