Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Earliest Use of Paired Crescent Moons on Solingen Blades

ulfberth · 1st August 2016, 01:19 PM

Hi All,

so far the earliest version of crescent moon stamps I found was in Hermann Historica auction 71 Lot Nr. 3065 and in this case it was described as a blade of the Munich bladesmith Diefstetter :

"A Swiss hand-and-a-half sword, circa 1570
Long, double-edged blade, each side with a short fuller, the obverse side with a stylised wolf with remnants of brass inlays. Each side of the ricasso with a crescent moon mark of Munich bladesmith Diefstetter"

kind regards

1st August 2016, 01:19 PM	#35
ulfberth Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 382	Hi All, so far the earliest version of crescent moon stamps I found was in Hermann Historica auction 71 Lot Nr. 3065 and in this case it was described as a blade of the Munich bladesmith Diefstetter : "A Swiss hand-and-a-half sword, circa 1570 Long, double-edged blade, each side with a short fuller, the obverse side with a stylised wolf with remnants of brass inlays. Each side of the ricasso with a crescent moon mark of Munich bladesmith Diefstetter" kind regards Attached Images