Picked this knife up several years ago at a gun show. Only after getting it home did I find the faint markings on the blade.
The left side of the blade has the following:
GESETZLICH
GESCHUTZT
PRUSSIA
This script is bracketed on each side with a capital X with the letters, reading clockwise, L X N T in openings of the X.
The OAL is 12” and the blade 7”. The wooden handles are attached with three steel pins.
Prussia ceased to be an independent country in 1871, so I am speculating that the knife was made prior to that date, but it is also possible the maker continued with the state name after the formation of the German republic.
Any information on the markings ( they are faint, as the pictures show, I may not have gotten every letter right, and I don’t speak German.) date of the knife, etc. is appreciated.
I am attaching a couple photos
The left side of the blade has the following:
GESETZLICH
GESCHUTZT
PRUSSIA
This script is bracketed on each side with a capital X with the letters, reading clockwise, L X N T in openings of the X.
The OAL is 12” and the blade 7”. The wooden handles are attached with three steel pins.
Prussia ceased to be an independent country in 1871, so I am speculating that the knife was made prior to that date, but it is also possible the maker continued with the state name after the formation of the German republic.
Any information on the markings ( they are faint, as the pictures show, I may not have gotten every letter right, and I don’t speak German.) date of the knife, etc. is appreciated.
I am attaching a couple photos
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