FRENCH MODEL 1850 FOOT OFFICERS SWORD

Hotspur · 23rd May 2013, 03:53 PM

Great information on the Hoppe business. Would the elder have marked his blades just S H ? That would explain to me why the bee hive mark would not have appeared earlier in the 19th century and also connect the S H properly for my own studies of eaglehead pommel swords.

Cheers

GC

William V. · 3rd October 2013, 09:13 PM

Hello (again),

sorry for the long silence, I've just stumbled over this thread again and wanted to answer your question Hotspur:

I don't know if Samuel Hoppe used the SH marking. It may be possible. Another option would be Simon Helvig. I'd bet on Hoppe. But the Solingen city archives have so far not given me any answers to this question (which I was asking myself too) so far.

All the best

William

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23rd May 2013, 03:53 PM	#1
Hotspur Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Nipmuc USA Posts: 512	Great information on the Hoppe business. Would the elder have marked his blades just S H ? That would explain to me why the bee hive mark would not have appeared earlier in the 19th century and also connect the S H properly for my own studies of eaglehead pommel swords. Cheers GC

3rd October 2013, 09:13 PM	#2
William V. Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 33	Hello (again), sorry for the long silence, I've just stumbled over this thread again and wanted to answer your question Hotspur: I don't know if Samuel Hoppe used the SH marking. It may be possible. Another option would be Simon Helvig. I'd bet on Hoppe. But the Solingen city archives have so far not given me any answers to this question (which I was asking myself too) so far. All the best William