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			Welcome to the forum, akaj  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	 .You should show us the whole sword ...please !  | 
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			I think this is a composition of a Bavarian blade with a perhaps Bavarian scabbard, but the hilt is something untypical and unknown in Bavaria
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			This hilt style seems to have a curious resemblance to many Masonic types. Perhaps a heirloom blade remounted in this manner?
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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