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Old 10th February 2006, 07:36 AM   #13
wolviex
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Originally Posted by sabertasche
The hallmarks are clearest on the hilt of the sabre, a circle, bisected. the lower half divided into 2 equal portions. The top segment has a 13 in it. Above this mark is a "A". The left side of the mark is a 1 above a 4. On the right side of the mark is a 8 above a 0 - 1840?. Directly above this hallmark is a M&K.
So as I guessed. It is probably 1840, and letter "A" means Vienna. Still don't know what M&K means

Thanks for kind words - hey I'm not inerrable! Thanks for more strictly indication on Hungary as a place of origin, while I was wander on Austro-Hungarian Empire without clear purpose

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