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W. Schütz
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 Posted: Mon 09 Feb, 2015 9:41 am Post subject: Staffweapon from the Bayerisches Armeemuseum |
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Trying to find info about this staffweapon in the Bayerisches Armeemuseum. I have yet to recieve a reply from them about this item so perhapse someone has something on MyA. Is this item published in a cataloge perhapse that ive missed? Trying to find additional photos, info of origin, dimensions like weight, height etc.
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Gentes scitote,
vicine sive remote,
quod claret Suecia
plebeque militia.
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Mark Lewis
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I don't know anything about this specific item, but here's my two cents worth...
The museum looks to have labelled it as a "streitaxt" or "battle axe"... this style is also often referred to as a "mordaxt" or "murder axe", particularly by auction houses. (please excuse any mistranslations)
I have seen a number of very similar weapons attributed to the smith Hans Balthasar Erhardt from Zurich, early 17th century.
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W. Schütz
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Yes this is a "streitaxt" for sure, and im pretty sure its late 15th/early 16th cen.
Gentes scitote,
vicine sive remote,
quod claret Suecia
plebeque militia.
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Mark Lewis
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For comparison, here are two axes in Zurich which the museum dates to around 1620. Not exact matches certainly, but the back-spikes in particular are distinctly similar. Many later Swiss polearms manufactured for town armouries mimic earlier styles from the 15th or even 14th century...
Don't mean to be argumentative, as I said, I have no specific information on the Bavarian piece! 
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Mark Lewis
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Here's a closer match!
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W. Schütz
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| Posted: Tue 10 Feb, 2015 11:59 am Post subject: |
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Those are truly similar indeed. So either the one im looking for IS late or it is what the late ones where inspired by.
Gentes scitote,
vicine sive remote,
quod claret Suecia
plebeque militia.
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This is a standard topic