Hunting sword coat of arms ID

[mariusgmioc]

Hello,

Please, can anybody help me identify the coat of arms on this Bavarian hunting sword?

Marius

[bvieira]

Hello,

Please, can anybody help me identify the coat of arms on this Bavarian hunting sword?

Marius

It's something related with spain, leon y Castela... Can be a Spanish family or spanish land.

[mariusgmioc]

After much research I found out this hunting sword and baldric bears the coat of arms of the German princely house of THURN AND TAXIS.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thurn_und_Taxis

On the central shield there is a badger but apparently the silversmith didn't know how a badger looks like and made it look like a bear.

Most probably the sword and baldric belonged to Maximilian Karl of Thurn and Taxis (3 November 1802 – 10 November 1871) who was the sixth Prince of Thurn and Taxis, head of the Thurn-und-Taxis-Post, and Head of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis from 15 July 1827 until his death on 10 November 1871.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_Karl,_6th_Prince_of_Thurn_and_Taxis

The sword was made by the Bavarian royal supplier Stroblberger of Munich.