Original Early German Axe with Heavily Engraved Head & Original Haft from the Stephan Mautner Collection Brunswick Parts and the brass trigger guard

and the brass trigger guard has been cleaned to a pale bright yellow patina

then the Woëvre and Lorraine

The barrel sleeving was called the "Salerno method"

Nuernberg plant

Original Early German Axe with Heavily Engraved Head & Original Haft from the Stephan Mautner Collection Brunswick Parts and the brass trigger guardOriginal Item: One of a Kind. We just acquired this excellent Early German Axe at a recent sale, and it really is an impressive and exquisite display piece. The iron head measures 5 1 4" in length with a 2 5 16" straight cutting edge. The bottom edge is scalloped and both sides are decorated with ornate engraved scrolls on a stippled background. There is a round piercing about 3 8" from the cutting edge in the center of the blade. The right side