I find it rather unususal that the mark is different from the WKC marking on the early SA dagger (see hereunder).

Other makers did not mark their early blades differently for SS than for SA blades, except for the motto side of course.

If you ever get the chance to take & show more pictures, I would be interested to see them too, Dave.

Best regards,

Herman

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