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Perhaps it was because the piece was cleaned too aggressively. But I would have expected with an almost 80 year old dagger to have seen some more signs of age inside of the protected areas (the punch marks). With the inscription done freehand with a hammer and punch by someone who had at best barely marginal skills (that is just MO - no offense intended). So I am at a loss as to how you could determine the age - if that is what it looked like at the SOS.

PS: It�s always possible that the images presented do not do full justice to the piece. So I�m posting two closeups that I hope illustrate the basis for my concerns. FP