Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - TS marking o a german(?) 16th century blade

cornelistromp · 6th May 2009, 07:44 AM

HI,

100% a German Sword, those swords are also made in other German cities,
I think stantler initiated those type end of 16thC in Munich.
your sword is a (later) variation of the town watch sword.
the pommel is atypical for what you would expect at the Munich town watch sword and the sword can be dated a bit later 1625-1640.

(so difficult to proof but it can be made by Tesche Solingen as mentioned in my previous reply, .....................it also can be not)

I found a Town watch sword for your reference with the characters reversed (as the Toledo Tomas de Ayala and Wolfgang Stantler marks)

regards from Holland

6th May 2009, 07:44 AM	#7
cornelistromp Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,057	HI, 100% a German Sword, those swords are also made in other German cities, I think stantler initiated those type end of 16thC in Munich. your sword is a (later) variation of the town watch sword. the pommel is atypical for what you would expect at the Munich town watch sword and the sword can be dated a bit later 1625-1640. (so difficult to proof but it can be made by Tesche Solingen as mentioned in my previous reply, .....................it also can be not) I found a Town watch sword for your reference with the characters reversed (as the Toledo Tomas de Ayala and Wolfgang Stantler marks) regards from Holland Attached Images