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The heraldic symbols of the Marxbrüder and Federfechter: Lion and Griffin
This early 18th-century copperplate depicts a late Fechtschule of the Marxbrüder and Federfechter. It is one of the latest documents of a contest between the members of these urban Central European fighting guilds… before they were replaced by the Schützenfeste marksmanship competitions of the shooting guilds.
Here, the Lion of St. Mark and the Griffin of the Federfechter still preside over the event at the rear of the hall… (more…)
Fechtschule 