MAKE A MEME View Large Image German - "Landsknecht" Dagger and Sheath - Walters 51527 - Group.jpg A dagger of this type might be carried by a German Landsknecht or mercenary foot soldier derived from Knecht meaning servant or farm hand in the early 16th century It ...
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Keywords: German - "Landsknecht" Dagger and Sheath - Walters 51527 - Group.jpg A dagger of this type might be carried by a German Landsknecht or mercenary foot soldier derived from Knecht meaning servant or farm hand in the early 16th century It served in the field both as a weapon and as a tool The blade is inscribed on each side I A N between quatrefoils of punch marks; in addition a maker's mark is impressed on the back The blackened iron sheath contains as well a smaller knife the blade bearing the mark of three small crosses and a skewer for use in camp century 16 Early Modern steel dagger ; iron wood and leather sheath dagger cm 6 2 26 6 4 7 ; knife cm 1 4 18 6 0 5 ; sheath cm 4 2 21 9 4 4 accession number 51 527 34888 Zschille Sale London 1897 no 47 Henry Griffith Keasbey Henry Griffith Keasbey Collection Sale American Art Association New York November 29 1924 no 192 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1924 Inscribed I A N place of origin Germany Walters Art Museum license Weapons in the Walters Art Museum Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum Renaissance daggers
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