I have personally come across 2 Eickhorns with Generic A crossguards and both came from non collectors who obtained them from Vets. I really dont think Eickhorn churned out very many, but they certainly used that crossguard for a short time. Would be very interesting to find out when they ran out of stock and for how long they used the generic A? Must have been around 41 some time?

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