Proposed German Cultural Property Protection Law: likely problem for ethnographic arms and armor collectors

spiral · 29th July 2015, 12:13 AM

A fellow kukri collector currently has legal trouble in Europe for importing a few kukris from Australia, including a very old ivory handled kukri,{amogst others.} without the correct cities paperwork...

He bought it assuming it was a bone hilt,.....From bad photos...

The prosecutor's have found a photo over 15 years old & 3 owners apart {All members of this forum...} which described it as ivory on an American forum.

There using that old post as evidence against him...

spiral

29th July 2015, 12:13 AM	#6
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	A fellow kukri collector currently has legal trouble in Europe for importing a few kukris from Australia, including a very old ivory handled kukri,{amogst others.} without the correct cities paperwork... He bought it assuming it was a bone hilt,.....From bad photos... The prosecutor's have found a photo over 15 years old & 3 owners apart {All members of this forum...} which described it as ivory on an American forum. There using that old post as evidence against him... spiral