Question:
Hypothetically, for arguments sake, let's assume the daggers were not manufactured "war time"- would then the argument be made that these were "put together" by the manufacturer out of stocks of existing recycled crossguards, for the sole intention of peddling the pieces as souvs. to occupation forces?
Theoretically that could account for so many "vet finds" of these particular daggers. That being said, it's also presupposes that the manufacturer had stocks of "type-1" M36 pattern dagger parts laying around to assemble these en masse using the recycled crossguards, which were gau stamped in their respective districts and ultimately returned to the manufacturer for reuse, etc.?
Interesting.
