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Swiss dagger, the Glossary

The Swiss dagger (Schweizerdolch) is a distinctive type of dagger used in Switzerland and by Swiss mercenaries during the 16th century.^[1]

23 relations: Baroque, Baselard, Chemical milling, Dagger, Danse Macabre, Early modern Switzerland, Hans Holbein the Younger, Hilt, List of daggers, Meine Ehre heißt Treue, Metal casting, National Socialist Motor Corps, Nazi Germany, Prestel, Romantic nationalism, Scabbard, Schutzstaffel, SS-Ehrendolch, Sturmabteilung, Swiss Armed Forces, Swiss arms and armour, Swiss degen, Swiss mercenaries.
Old Swiss Confederacy
Renaissance-era weapons

Baroque

The Baroque is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s.

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The baselard, Schwiizerdolch in Swiss-German (also basilard, baslard, in Middle French also badelare, bazelaire and variants, Latinized baselardus, basolardus etc., in Middle High German beseler, baseler, basler, pasler; baslermesser) is a historical type of dagger or short sword of the Late Middle Ages. Swiss dagger and baselard are daggers.

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Chemical milling

Chemical milling or industrial etching is the subtractive manufacturing process of using baths of temperature-regulated etching chemicals to remove material to create an object with the desired shape.

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Dagger

A dagger is a fighting knife with a very sharp point and usually one or two sharp edges, typically designed or capable of being used as a cutting or thrusting weapon. Swiss dagger and dagger are daggers.

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Danse Macabre

The Danse Macabre, also called the Dance of Death, is an artistic genre of allegory from the Late Middle Ages on the universality of death.

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Early modern Switzerland

The early modern history of the Old Swiss Confederacy (Eidgenossenschaft, also known as the "Swiss Republic" or Republica Helvetiorum) and its constituent Thirteen Cantons encompasses the time of the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) until the French invasion of 1798.

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Hans Holbein the Younger

Hans Holbein the Younger (Hans Holbein der Jüngere; – between 7 October and 29 November 1543) was a German-Swiss painter and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style, and is considered one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century.

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Hilt

The hilt (rarely called a haft or shaft) is the handle of a knife, dagger, sword, or bayonet, consisting of a guard, grip, and pommel.

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List of daggers

The following is a list of notable daggers, either historical or modern. Swiss dagger and list of daggers are daggers.

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Meine Ehre heißt Treue

Meine Ehre heißt Treue ("My honor is loyalty") was the motto of the Schutzstaffel (SS) under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany.

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In metalworking and jewelry making, casting is a process in which a liquid metal is delivered into a mold (usually by a crucible) that contains a negative impression (i.e., a three-dimensional negative image) of the intended shape.

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The National Socialist Motor Corps (Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps, NSKK) was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) that officially existed from May 1931 to 1945.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

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Prestel

Prestel (abbrev. from press telephone), the brand name for the UK Post Office Telecommunications's Viewdata technology, was an interactive videotex system developed during the late 1970s and commercially launched in 1979.

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Romantic nationalism

Romantic nationalism (also national romanticism, organic nationalism, identity nationalism) is the form of nationalism in which the state claims its political legitimacy as an organic consequence of the unity of those it governs.

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Scabbard

A scabbard is a sheath for holding a sword, dagger, knife, or similar edged weapons.

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Schutzstaffel

The Schutzstaffel (SS; also stylised as ᛋᛋ with Armanen runes) was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II.

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SS-Ehrendolch

The SS-Ehrendolch (SS honour dagger) was considered an honour weapon of the Schutzstaffel (SS). Swiss dagger and SS-Ehrendolch are daggers.

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Sturmabteilung

The Sturmabteilung (SA; literally "Storm Division" or Storm Troopers) was the original paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party.

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Swiss Armed Forces

The Swiss Armed Forces (Schweizer Armee; Armée suisse; Esercito svizzero; Armada svizra) operates on land and in the air, serving as the primary armed forces of Switzerland.

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Swiss arms and armour

The Swiss developed a number of characteristic weapons during their period of military activity in the 15th and early 16th centuries, perfected further during the Early Modern period (16th and 17th centuries). Swiss dagger and Swiss arms and armour are Old Swiss Confederacy and Renaissance-era weapons.

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Swiss degen

The Swiss degen (Schweizerdegen) was a short sword (Degen), an elongated version of the Swiss dagger, with the same double-crescent shape of the guard. Swiss dagger and Swiss degen are Old Swiss Confederacy.

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Swiss mercenaries

The Swiss mercenaries (Reisläufer) were a powerful infantry force constituted by professional soldiers originating from the cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_dagger