Krause,
Interesting tang markin - "MV" as it looks to me.
I had an NPEA dagger awhile back with that same marking. I sent the pictures to Ron Weinand and he determined the dagger was fake. I am not saying yours is, but just contributing that I had a dagger with this same tang marking once.
![](http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-4/20265/Picture447.jpg)