A double handed sword

[francantolin]

I'd like to share with you the lines that appeared when I clean it another time and use this time grain 800 then 1000 again.
It is not that deep in the blade but deep enough for being revealed after a second lights sanding.
Strange lamination (?) lines or remains of drawings ?
More presents on one side but de can see them a little on both ( cf pics )
in any case it don't look like a modern damas...

Don't know if it makes it an earlier or later model...

Kind regards

[BBking]

An ''uraltes'' blade for break the silence !...

I hope this one will help.
same ''lines'' and blade shape ( hexagonal section ) on an old italian model of two handed sword
( this one with a stamp )/mark ...)

[Jim McDougall]

The marking appears to be the 'winged lion of St. Mark' as occurs on numbers of weapons from Venice and associated with the armouries of the Doge of Venice of earlier centuries.

[francantolin]

Thank you !!

[shayde78]

Without weighing in one way or the other, I offer some images of examples out of the workshop of Ernst Schmidt of Munich.
The prices listed are in 1920s Deutsch marks.

[francantolin]

Thank you for these pictures ,
It s a really interesting book you have here !!
Some models really look like, especially the pommel ;
( styled on old models ??)

Does anybody know what was the value of 50 Marks on 1920 or what we could buy with this amount ?
These models seems all well made , I can't imagine they were really cheap replicas.

Crisis...
In 1923, they did wallpapers with Deutsch Marks after 2 years of devaluation..
A suitcase full of money for buy a piece of bread...

[shayde78]

I knew there was a note in the book regarding prices, but couldn't locate it yesterday. See the attached picture.

In 1967, the conversion was 1:1 (1920 marks to 1967 dollars)

Per this website ( https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1967 )
$100 dollars in 1967 is worth $888 in 2022.
So, 100 marks in the book is worth 888 modern dollars.