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20th December 2022, 08:43 PM
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Join Date: May 2022
Posts: 16
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Bearded Axe with Trefoil pierced blade
This is outside of my usual area of collecting. Can anyone give me information about it? Does anyone recognize the maker mark on the bottom of the poll? The was reportedly found on the Rhine near the German-Swiss Border. It is smaller sized with the blade being about 4 inches (100 mm) in length.
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20th December 2022, 11:59 PM
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EAAF Staff
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Upstate New York, USA
Posts: 889
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The smaller size and the piercing bring to mind a small axe that I have that I have interpreted as being a guild axe. (Photos to come and we will see if I remember it correctly.)
Here is a link to an item in the Smithsonian collections. |
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23rd December 2022, 09:19 PM
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Join Date: May 2022
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Possible Guild Axe
Thank you for your reply. Interesting guild axe in the link. I've found a few others that were quite similar. Was a guild axe a badge of office for a guild leader?
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24th December 2022, 05:10 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: In the wee woods north of Napanee Ontario
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Looks like you have a partial makers mark with a six pointed star. May be worth pursuing?
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