Important present-day "Hirschfänger" hunting knife bearing the coat of arms of the Maison de Tour et Taxis. Silver spindle with frosted sides and shiny edges, decorated with a large coat of arms. Silver cap and ferrule chased in gold with foliate scrolls. Body knot worked en suite. Guard with two straight, flared quillons in silver and silver-gilt, decorated with dog heads. Keyboard decorated with silver foliate scrolls, and gold base adorned with a half-round lion's head in chased ormolu. Straight blade with flat back and counter-edge, hollow sides, engraved blue and gilded two-thirds of the way through. Decorated with wild boar, rabbit, foliage, oak leaves and hunting trophies. Varnished leather scabbard with two rings and three large silver fittings with leafy decoration and gilded amati background on the obverse and engraved with gilded scrolls on the reverse. Chape with cofferdam following the dagger, decorated on the obverse with a Hermes head motif, signed on the back "Stroblberger in München". Bracelet adorned with a boar's head in high relief. Bouterolle adorned with a fox head, and gadrooned dart. B.E. Circa 1854. With a Bavarian corded lanyard in gold "cul de dé" trimmings and blue fillet. Gilded tassel with blue velvet heart. We would like to thank Mr. Alban Pérès for his help in identifying these arms. Related work: an identical model known in the cipher of King Ludwig I of Bavaria (until 1848). Several examples are known in the collections of the Deutsches Jagdmuseum in Munich.