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Originally Posted by delor
Hello Spunjer,
I am not sure the center panel is a separate piece... looking at the close-up photos, I can't tell whether the line is a welding line or is an engraved one for brass inlay, just the same as for the stars.
By the way, the silver plate might hide the welding of the tang onto the blade...
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i beg to differ, delor. it's hard to capture in photos, but the color tone of center panel is more obvious in real life. another hint that i would like to share is, by using a magnifying glass on the asterisk socket (missing a filling), the separation line can e seen, albeit faintly.
i do think you might be spot on about the silver plate hiding the weld joints.