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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 500069, member: 5833&quot;]Welcome, Curious.&nbsp; The one promising lead I got for &#039;VIVAT DE REPUBLIK&#039; got me to a broken link for a saber sheath in a Dutch military museum, so the explanation you were given may be fundamentally correct, that they are commemorative of that event.&nbsp; Maybe one of our glassies will have a better idea about age.&nbsp; The rough area on the bottom is the pontil or punty mark.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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