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fernando · 3rd March 2013, 07:08 PM

This is the interpretation from a most experienced local collector/historian:

One side of the blade says PRO-PATRIA and the other says DE FENSGRIBI PATELAN.
On the blade spine, which the owner forgot to mention, it says EX LIBERALI DONO D.F. GOTTENBUSCH 1798.
The guy in the blade etching is a hussard, with his typical cap.
Potentialy this sword was made in Hungary and sold to a German, in service in Italy.

3rd March 2013, 07:08 PM	#15
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Eureka time This is the interpretation from a most experienced local collector/historian: One side of the blade says PRO-PATRIA and the other says DE FENSGRIBI PATELAN. On the blade spine, which the owner forgot to mention, it says EX LIBERALI DONO D.F. GOTTENBUSCH 1798. The guy in the blade etching is a hussard, with his typical cap. Potentialy this sword was made in Hungary and sold to a German, in service in Italy.