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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;the blacksmith, post: 10576211, member: 20148&quot;]United States navy, 1860 pattern, my knowledge of US swords is rather scant I must admit. Do you possibly have a picture from the front of the guard? There are a couple of different types of these.</p><p>D.R. was the inspector, Daniel Reynolds.</p><p>They look to be genuine to me, and I&#039;d be happy with them.</p><p>There are fakes, but AFAIK, they are fairly obvious. Though I have to admit, I have never had one of these swords in hand. Nice find![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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