Jagdtiger74, Your point is well taken that in the postwar period fakes were manufactured in Solingen with some using leftover parts. Postwar items attributed to Jim Atwood come up from time to time. And Roger Steele (who was in the same general locality as Dick Deeter) was involved with high grade postwar blades and medals from original makers. And those are only a few of the names which were known or believed to be involved with postwar manufactured items.
Because of an earlier comment that was made I don�t think that we have seen all of the documentation as yet. But would agree that its impact seems to be limited to showing that an effort was made to locate General Wolf. And that the General acknowledged owning a sword that he wanted to get back. After that there seems to be nothing - which is a little strange because other seemingly less important documents are present.
As for the grip the point was not to try and show a fake. It was to show that it had very likely been damaged upon reassembly. And that similar damage is seen with wood (and plastic) gripped daggers where parts swapping can cause stress resulting in damage to the grip.
BTW: Your English is very good. And much, much, better than my German ever was. Regards, FP
