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					Originally Posted by David
					
				 Actually, if you look on the flip side of this ferrule, it looks like the initials F.J. 1 are embossed there.    | 
	
 So says Donny in his first post  

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Maybe officer's swords of the period had both Emperor's initials and motto  

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... or officers of the ship's garrison ?  
 
 
Something not 'so hard' to confirm !