Bit of an unusual shield on an 84mm Spartan

jaydar · **on:** November 07, 2016, 01:47:24 PM

The knife appears to be from the early 60's but I have not seen this shield often (well apart from a million soldiers

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Hope the pic shows up

Ron Who · **Reply #1 on:** November 07, 2016, 05:13:52 PM

Quote from: jaydar on November 07, 2016, 01:47:24 PM

The knife appears to be from the early 60's but I have not seen this shield often (well apart from a million soldiers )

Hope the pic shows up

It doesn't Maybe the url is too long.

jaydar · **Reply #2 on:** November 07, 2016, 05:37:33 PM

try again

pfrsantos · **Reply #3 on:** November 07, 2016, 05:37:55 PM

Save it to your PC and add as attachment.

Rightly so, as you just did...

Any stamping on the blade tang(s)? Seems a bit off...

jaydar · **Reply #4 on:** November 07, 2016, 05:45:30 PM

Quote from: pfrsantos on November 07, 2016, 05:37:55 PM

Any stamping on the blade tang(s)? Seems a bit off...

Tang is Victoria Officer Suisse with cross bow on one side and the normal victorinox on the other

pfrsantos · **Reply #5 on:** November 07, 2016, 05:49:02 PM

Quote from: jaydar on November 07, 2016, 05:45:30 PM

Quote from: pfrsantos on November 07, 2016, 05:37:55 PM

Any stamping on the blade tang(s)? Seems a bit off...

Tang is Victoria Officer Suisse with cross bow on one side and the normal victorinox on the other

Wow! The shield has some imperfections, I feared it might be a knock-off. With those inscriptions, maybe it's just a very well preserved much older than the 60's knife.

Tomcat_81 · **Reply #6 on:** November 07, 2016, 06:57:34 PM

Wow, I've only seen hat shield once or twice on a cellidor-
maybe some special, private run for a military club, unit etc., who wanted the official army shield also on their private knives?
Tomcat

jaydar · **Reply #7 on:** November 07, 2016, 09:26:10 PM

Quote from: Tomcat_81 on November 07, 2016, 06:57:34 PM

Wow, I've only seen hat shield once or twice on a cellidor-
maybe some special, private run for a military cub, unit etc., who wanted the official army shield also on their private knives?
Tomcat

Could be it is etched CIBA on the blade (Big Chemical company in Switzerland) so it would have been a batch but why they would have had military style shield no idea.

If it had been sold to me as something special I would have done some investigation but as it was a good deal and went straight in my bag ..... to be honest for that money I did not even look beyond the old awl

Tomcat_81 · **Reply #8 on:** November 07, 2016, 09:54:34 PM

Blessed Switzerland

sLaughterMed · **Reply #9 on:** November 07, 2016, 09:56:31 PM

Quote from: jaydar on November 07, 2016, 09:26:10 PM

Quote from: Tomcat_81 on November 07, 2016, 06:57:34 PM
Wow, I've only seen hat shield once or twice on a cellidor-
maybe some special, private run for a military cub, unit etc., who wanted the official army shield also on their private knives?
Tomcat

Could be it is etched CIBA on the blade (Big Chemical company in Switzerland) so it would have been a batch but why they would have had military style shield no idea.

If it had been sold to me as something special I would have done some investigation but as it was a good deal and went straight in my bag ..... to be honest for that money I did not even look beyond the old awl

I think the trick here is that it isn't a Swiss military shield per say. It's a Swiss federal shield. Which is why Swiss railway's got to sell a black alox SAK with the federal sheild

No clue why a private company gets a federal shield on their commissoned SAKs, as it always seemed Victorinox was pretty strict on only giving it to government bodies.