The etched stars, sun, moon and arm with sword are a feature seen widely on 'trade blades' and so may show up in the New World on a Mexican espada ancha from the 17th - 18 century, in a Scottish basket hilt and on early Tuareg takoubas! The modern takouba in the masthead of this page has an early blade with sun, moon and stars in very similar style.
There seems to still be uncertainty about which blade making center(s) was (were) the origin of these blades. I trust Jim McDougall will be along shortly with some greater detail as he has studied these for some time.
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