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			Yeah, I know what you mean about the guard. Could perhaps even be part of a candlestick...perhaps older than the rest of the knife   
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	 
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			Does anybody know if Moroccan troops fought with the French, like West Africans did in WW1? That might explain Moroccan trench art.  The guard looks like it has come from a French object.  Tim
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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