Hey guys-- this Army dagger crossguard eagle has some superb fletching. I've had a lot of armies, but never one that had an eagle with this detail. Any ideas who the maker might have been?
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The crossguard maker looks like a 1st Holler, notice the half moon crescent mark on the rear of the eagles head. A couple of daggers with a similar config were posted recently on GDC, marked Plumacher & Axt und Hauerfabrik and Hollers crossguard was utilised by several of the smaller cottage makers on early army daggers. All had extensive hand enhancing as seen on this fine example.Comment
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ShannonNolan,
This eagle is hand enhanced like a Gustav Spitzer I have. The crossguard and slant grip are alike while the pommel and scabbard bands are different.
I have also noticed this type of enhancing on early E.Pack & S. armies.
Very nice early army dagger!
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