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Originally Posted by RSWORD
Here is a link to a discussion on the parasol mark and pictures of a couple of examples.
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=parasol
In my experience, you only find the fullered spine in Indian swords and occasionally in Polish/E European blades and also in Chinese blades. Given the size, blade fullering and general look I lean heavily towards this blade being Indian. |
Thank you very much! It's a great link, and something I had no idea about. An umbrella and a crown, a royal symbol of Hindus [Mughals?] and an ostensibly western royal symbol are pictured together.