The belief is that these walloon swords are made in Solingen, as evidenced by the fact that some swords have Solingen maker marks.
This is supported by the running wolf, typical for Solingen in the first half of the 17th century.
almost all walloon swords of this type bear an Amsterdam town mark and a flower on the quillon final. This flower mark can be a mark of Solingen Smith.
fe Johannes Kirschbaum has a three petalled flower.
most of those walloon swords are signed with Sahagun or misspellings like
sahagom sachgom Sahacun ea but not made by this famous swordsmith of toledo.the name Sahagun was only used to designate a certain Quality.
These swords were made on commission for amsterdam arms Dealers in great numbers. It is an assumption that the French captured These swords
in 1672-73 in the Netherlands and introduced the epee Wallone in the French army.
a nice Detail is that the pommel is hollow and made of two halves.
best,
jasper
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