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Schiavona with double head eagle engraved blade
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2nd October 2010, 05:00 PM
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Dmitry
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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!
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