Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Earliest Use of Paired Crescent Moons on Solingen Blades

ulfberth · 5th April 2015, 08:41 AM

Here is another one German from the beginning of the 17th century.
It seems that famous blade makers also used the moon mark as a quality stamp, amongst other stamps.
Described as: A military rapier, Munich, circa 1610/20

A thrusting blade of flattened hexagonal section struck on both sides with Wolfgang Standler's crescent moon mark on the ricasso

Kind regards

Ulfberth

5th April 2015, 08:41 AM	#7
ulfberth Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 382	Here is another one German from the beginning of the 17th century. It seems that famous blade makers also used the moon mark as a quality stamp, amongst other stamps. Described as: A military rapier, Munich, circa 1610/20 A thrusting blade of flattened hexagonal section struck on both sides with Wolfgang Standler's crescent moon mark on the ricasso Kind regards Ulfberth Attached Images Last edited by ulfberth; 5th April 2015 at 08:54 AM.