Need help with the markings on this Swashbuckling Cutlass / Sabre?

[dana_w]

Originally Posted by ulfberth

Dana,
What better story could there be !
A pure sword in untouched condition!
I must admit when I saw you'r location the pirate background is sure a possibility, in fact it seems the best explanation for a late 16th or 17th century sword of that type getting there.
If you father bought it at an arms dealer he would have told you.
I think you should shout " boom baby"

best
Ulfberth

Thanks Ulfberth.

The 429th anniversary of Sir Francis Drake’s raid on St. Augustine is fast approaching. The raid took place May 27th through the 29th 1586.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_St._Augustine

[ulfberth]

Originally Posted by dana_w

Thanks Ulfberth.

The 429th anniversary of Sir Francis Drake’s raid on St. Augustine is fast approaching. The raid took place May 27th through the 29th 1586.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_St._Augustine

it fits perfect in the timeline of the sword !!

[Jim McDougall]

You're very welcome Dana!
Indeed, study never stops, and I have always perceived these pages as my curriculum in a 'university' of the study of arms (hoplology...but never cared much for the term where I was studying for a degree......with a small army of 'professors' providing endless 'homework' !
It has been an exciting journey and I hope never ending.

As Ulfberth has well noted, what a perfect and colorful history for a beautiful example of these dusagge. It is very interesting that St. Augustine, a key port in the 'Spanish Main' and the busy trade networks of those times, would be a repository for a wide spectrum of arms from many countries.

All best regards,
Jim

[dana_w]

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

As Ulfberth has well noted, what a perfect and colorful history for a beautiful example of these dusagge. It is very interesting that St. Augustine, a key port in the 'Spanish Main' and the busy trade networks of those times, would be a repository for a wide spectrum of arms from many countries.
Jim

Florida changed hands a few times. Many French, Spanish, English, and "Indian" relics went into the ground here. And many different cultures came as labor. For example the Greeks:

http://orthodoxhistory.org/2009/12/2...-florida-1768/