German Executioner Sword Marks 16th century Solingen Maker Marks Blades

[theswordcollector]

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

Note to my previous post, apparantly these superimposed W marks did seem to have variants and according to Cronau (1885) number 32 cross and orb mark is attributed to Wundes, the W incorporated into the mark. This is of course quite apart from these marks shown on the blade of #2 but suggests plausible variant.
The 1 8 8 8 numbers are likely gemetrics for acrostic or sometimes sacerdotal phrase or invocation.
Still would help to see the whole sword.

here they are :-)

[fernando]

Great piece you got there. I dream of having one