Hunting dagger
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https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/tag/21216
- Note
- The hunting dagger (German: Hirschfänger, "deer catcher") is a 18–30-inch (460–760 mm) long German dagger, used to kill deer and boar. It is a weapon mainly used in the fancy hunts of the German nobility. This dagger developed from Medieval hunting swords which were longer and mainly used by mounted hunters. Today hunting daggers are occasionally used as parts of traditional German hunting uniforms.
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Hirschfänger
Die damaszierte Klinge ist in...
Object information
Image: Museum und Kunstsammlung Schloss Hinterglauchau - CC BY-NC-SA -
Scheide für Hirschfänger Abfangmesser
Scheide aus schwarzem Leder...
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Image: Stadtmuseum Lippstadt - CC BY-NC-SA -
Hirschfänger
Seitengewehr/ Hirschfänger...
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Image: Heimatmuseum Radeburg, Heinrich-Zille-Kabinett - CC BY-NC-SA
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