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Old 11th July 2015, 11:55 AM   #8
fernando
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Originally Posted by NeilUK
I notice that AVILLEM is on a separate line from Peter Bere, so could it be the name of a town in Germany? ...
It could; but if you patiently browse the net, you will see that such word was originaly a person's name, mainly used in the Nederlands, during this sword's period, as attributed to a Prince of Orange ... and not only:

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