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Originally Posted by Jean-Marc S.
Hi Cornelistromp,
Thanks for the interesting comments on dagger. Augsburg and Nuremberg are two cities which are both in Bavaria, Germany. This indicates this is a Bavarian dagger of the renaissance period. I bought this dagger at 'Historica Arma' in Germany (the seller said it is probably Nuremberg). 
My best,
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Hi JM,
Yes, I have seen the dagger now at the website.
Some of the weapons are also offered on the website of Jurgen Fricker. For example, the basket hilt sword.
You can feel free to ask the opinion of weapons on a forum like this before you buy an Arm. Of course this is not everything but it helps.
Unfortunately it is often difficult based merely on photographs to say something definitive about the authenticity.
The level of "fakes" is so high that almost any specialist can be fooled.
I know plenty of practical examples, which I will not mention here.
Beyond that, it is always good to see a verifiable provenance, I mean not some noble house which can not been described in detail due to damage to reputation?!?!?
or offered by the widow of an A&A collector who is deceased and whose name can not be verified.
Also comfortable is a lifetime guarantee on authenticity.If the vendor is convinced of the authenticity, he will always give a guarantee!
In this trade much money is involved, unfortunately above has become necessary.
best,