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Old 18th February 2014, 12:01 PM   #28
Lee
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Received in my email from Poland:
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Word "FRINGIA" encraved into a blade stands for "Franciscus Rákóczi In Nomine Gentis Insurgit Armis". It was a secret word used by members of Hungarian Independence Movement amongst Austro-Hungarian army officers in XVIIIth century to discern themselves from other officers. There were not many of them and they kept low-profile so it is rather 'secret' knowledge I have no source other than verbal story from hungarian sword master though, but it sounds fairly legit.
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