'Rose' Mark on the spine of Solingen blades

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by Hanger1

Hello, I am a new member and also posted this one sword with another in my recent, original thread to ask for help. However the one blade fits well with this discussion and the request for other marked blades, potentially Solingen. This sword has a mystery hilt on it, and then has the blade with the etchings/engravings.

I have struck out with my other posted thread thus far, so maybe more people will see it again here. Thanks all.

With European sabers of this period, it is hard to pinpoint the nationality of the ubiquitous stirrup hilts which fall outside the 'regulation' patterns known. The style of the celestial symbols suggest of course mid to end of 18th century and possibly Austro Hungarian, or perhaps of course French. The French army had strong presence of Hungarian forces in their ranks, further popularizing the 'hussar' phenomenon in cavalry fashion.
While Solingen used these kinds of celestial groupings on blades, these were also used in Styrian application as well as French (especially in Nantes).