Sword Blade dates? or Mysterious Gematria?

[celtan]

Doesn't look like the Running Wolf of Toledo, perhaps one of the many subsequent german variations..?

The style of engraving doesn't seem to correlate to 1514, nor the relatively thin blade.

The latin motto might be "Pro Deo et Religio Vera": For God and (the) true religion.

The pro deo inscription seems to be common in Poland and surrounding areas...

In Sept 8th of 1514, a coalition of Poles an Lithuanians defeated the Russians.

Best

M

Originally Posted by potapych

Interesting subject as always, Jim. Here's a sample to get you started; not one of your dates or necessarily a running Passau Wolf but numbers, a Latin inscription and a critter nonetheless. This is a rapier (or perhaps an espada ropera blade), 30 7/8" in length. (78.4 cm)

Looking decidedly un-wolflike and given the stocky build, brindle and pronounced blunt proboscis, I'm leaning towards an Alano Español for the critter. I have seen it engraved on both a miquelet lock and a powder horn, although it was depicted wearing a collar in both those instances. The inscription translates to: "For God and Religion" but there are some letters following that I cannot make out. As far as I can determine, nothing of world shaking import occurred in the European sphere in 1514.

(Caveat: European arms are not my bailiwick so I could be wrong about any or all of the above ;-)

Ray