Seiler, thank you for the kind words. Mongobongo, your thoughts "maybe they have the real hallmark on the back somewhere?" this could not happen. The Assay office would condem them as fraudulant.This is their very purpouse. They insure the integrity of the article by their stamp. It is known as the stamp of approval". As with firearms, all have to be proof marked. No gunsmith would or could put a proof on a barrel.
I hope that these points have cleared the way for Dave to understand, the use of hallmarks together with the importance that they attract. Thus these chains with these marks have to be fraudullent. The dagger, I am not quallified to comment on, only to say, if fraudullent chains are added, then the piece itself is not what it proports to be. Thus in it current state it has to be false.
