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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;all_fakes, post: 353468, member: 55&quot;]If the sword indeed bears Masonic symbols, I&#039;d think that would indicate it was not an official US military sword, or at least that further research was needed. One thing about experts is that they are not necessarily familiar with items outside their field, and their field may be quite limited.&nbsp; That is, an expert on US military swords might, or might not, have any knowledge of fraternal swords, just as there may be experts on fraternal swords who are rather unfamiliar with actual military items.</p><p>There have been so many fraternal swords made, sometimes based on military ones, that I&#039;d be looking for second and even third or fourth opinions.</p><p>This does look like quite a nice sword, but my experience has been that fraternal swords are worth considerably less than military ones; or conversely, that military swords are worth quite a bit more than fraternal.</p><p>It would certainly be worth doing the research to verify which this is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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