I have been trying to stay out of this dispute because it's going nowhere and minds have already been made up as to the legitimacy of these daggers. However; Anyone can produce decorative misuse examples of hallmarks and other forms of official approval as those pictured above. The penalty for this would be at most a slap on the wrist. However there was and isn't any attempt to decieve anyone here just the misuse of an official seal for decorative and commercial sales purposes. The fake "hallmarks" on the HuhnLein" dagger hangers are a whole different matter and were created with the intent to decieve. I don't know how many times this has to be said and by how many people who know it's true from experience but the misuse of hallmarks to decieve are and were serious crimes in Europe. Jim
