I purchased an Army dagger from the vet's grandson at our local show on Sunday. It had a portepee in very poor condition wrapped in the standard fashion and it looked like it had been there forever. But it's in such poor condition that it actually detracts from the dagger.

Interestingly the portepee has brown interwoven in the stem. Anyone ever see this before?

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"And I will show you where the Iron Crosses grow"
-Cross of Iron