Help requested with identifying some 14th century heraldry

cornelistromp · 8th November 2010, 07:15 PM

Hi Lee,

This form of marking blade is classified in Group 3 of the 4 groups described by D. Alexander in "European swords in the collections of Istanbul."
this type of inlays in copper or brass which includes animals, unicorns, horses,birds, wolves and wild boars aswell letters, circles, rosettes, croisiers and crosses, is found in "wider blades, slightly tapered, with a central groove usually for about half its length, and of a flattened hexagonal section."

D.G Alexander states that this type of sword is often described as German.

The Coat of arms can maybe be found between German Crusader order out of the 14thC.

Kind regards

8th November 2010, 07:15 PM	#1
cornelistromp Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,060	Hi Lee, This form of marking blade is classified in Group 3 of the 4 groups described by D. Alexander in "European swords in the collections of Istanbul." this type of inlays in copper or brass which includes animals, unicorns, horses,birds, wolves and wild boars aswell letters, circles, rosettes, croisiers and crosses, is found in "wider blades, slightly tapered, with a central groove usually for about half its length, and of a flattened hexagonal section." D.G Alexander states that this type of sword is often described as German. The Coat of arms can maybe be found between German Crusader order out of the 14thC. Kind regards Attached Images Last edited by cornelistromp; 8th November 2010 at 07:42 PM.