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1898 Hunting Sword with skinning knife, blades are fully scrolled front and back Mint Condition | Liked & Loved recently57029 of 62999 |  |  |
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blsrjj1976
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does anyone know anything about this sword? it's been in the family since 1942, looks brand new. I believe it's a hunting sword with skinning knife.
1898 on the case. Castahle Stuttgart across the top of big blade.
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German hunting knife called a Hirchfanger. The larger blade used to dispatch { kill } the game and small blade for field dressing. Check this site for aprox. value, taking into consideration that prices here would be a tad on the high side.
http://www.johnsonreferencebooks.com/catalogue/weapons/IMPERIAL/huntforest/index.html
Thanks so much, you were very helpful. This is a German sword brought back from World War II, also the case is probably leather