Thank you folks.
Yes Detlef I now have the Tejeros dagger thanks to Robert.
Robert, I was bidding on 2 things and this one caught my eye on the blade and the okir quillons (oh and yes I LOVE good silver work
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If I new for sure this belonged to a 1st PI Republic I might have placed a triangle etc on the throat. But true restoration or repair cuts down on as much guess work as possible. The form of the throat came from the pattern of the bottom chape and the pattern I found on the leather up top. I am tempted to restore the chape with the rest and a brass ball on bottom, but may leave it as it is for now..............
Below is the picture of the original condition.