Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Help with identifying inlays (marks) on an Oakeshott XIIIa-type sword

AHorsa · 25th July 2026, 06:03 PM

Okay anyway. I am not an expert. The geometric inlay is typical for the 14th and 15th century. From the literature I have the feeling that those structures mainly appears on eastern European swords (todays Czech republic, Slovenia, Poland etc ). I'll add some literature later. The heraldic shield also fits well in that time, but as it has no very individual attributes and colours, it will get hard to find out of which family it belonged.

Edit: In "ninth to mid 16th century swords from the czech republic" there are some of there geometrical marks. But I couldn´t find an identical one.

KR
Andreas

25th July 2026, 06:03 PM	#4
AHorsa Member Join Date: May 2014 Location: Rhineland Posts: 395	Okay anyway. I am not an expert. The geometric inlay is typical for the 14th and 15th century. From the literature I have the feeling that those structures mainly appears on eastern European swords (todays Czech republic, Slovenia, Poland etc ). I'll add some literature later. The heraldic shield also fits well in that time, but as it has no very individual attributes and colours, it will get hard to find out of which family it belonged. Edit: In "ninth to mid 16th century swords from the czech republic" there are some of there geometrical marks. But I couldn´t find an identical one. KR Andreas Last edited by AHorsa; 25th July 2026 at 08:41 PM.