Help to identify these unusual markings.

CutlassCollector · 21st July 2017, 12:19 PM

Hi Ibrahiim,

Thanks for that link to my own website haha!
I think it is a boarding axe but I could be wrong as it is unusual for a humble axe to be so well marked.
Do you have any specific reason for thinking it's another type of axe?

This is where I am so far.

If Corrado is right, and I hope he is, that gives me not only a state but a date as well.

But I also have a match for a crowned M and B at Klingenthal around 1860 when they were producing weapons for private purchase and possibly other states.
Also as far as I can find on the web the markings for Fabricca Reale di Napoli generally show as FR not RF.

Any help greatly appreciated!

Regards, CC

21st July 2017, 12:19 PM	#8
CutlassCollector Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Scotland Posts: 343	Hi Ibrahiim, Thanks for that link to my own website haha! I think it is a boarding axe but I could be wrong as it is unusual for a humble axe to be so well marked. Do you have any specific reason for thinking it's another type of axe? This is where I am so far. If Corrado is right, and I hope he is, that gives me not only a state but a date as well. But I also have a match for a crowned M and B at Klingenthal around 1860 when they were producing weapons for private purchase and possibly other states. Also as far as I can find on the web the markings for Fabricca Reale di Napoli generally show as FR not RF. Any help greatly appreciated! Regards, CC