Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Schiavona with double head eagle engraved blade

Dmitry · 2nd October 2010, 05:00 PM

Stylistically I would place the hilt to the mid-18th c.
The monogram is probably of Charles VI, the King of the Holy Roman Empire.
This was perhaps a schiavona of a Dalmatian mercenary in the service of the Austrian crown.
A very nice hilt!

2nd October 2010, 05:00 PM	#2
Dmitry Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 607	Stylistically I would place the hilt to the mid-18th c. The monogram is probably of Charles VI, the King of the Holy Roman Empire. This was perhaps a schiavona of a Dalmatian mercenary in the service of the Austrian crown. A very nice hilt!