Thats very helpful, so this would be like a signet or badge showing their status in the royal court?
I am still scratching my Truchsesse trying to figure out what a Hofwürdezeichen is.
Did some more searching over the weekend and here is what I found. It appears to be some sort of badge from the 1830s Austria, called a...
Thanks for the side by side, that helps! The key looks like the normal setup of items (sword and scepter in one claw, then the cross item in the...
Wow, thats a cool key. If you look in the right claw of the eagle in the key you found, its holding an object with a cross on top. The item I...
Odd item that I am hoping someone can identify. Its 8" long and has two metal pieces that screw into the bottom, they are each 4.25" long. I...
Good point, its definitely not gold.
Its solid and heavy. My first thought was a tuning instrument, but the bars don't make any sound when you strike something, except like you said,...
Hi everyone, hoping someone might have seen something similar to this or knows what it is. It appears to be brass, is 8" long, the only marking...
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