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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 82801, member: 54&quot;]The winged sun symbol on the cross guard is widely used in both Freemasonry and Rosecrucianism, so a great many fraternal organizations under one or the other would have felt comfortable having this symbol on their swords.&nbsp; Not sure we&#039;ll be able to narrow-down the original ownership of this sword much more precisely because the symbol was so widely-used but I&#039;ll look in some other places as I get time.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have to dismiss the notion that it was originally made as a theatrical sword because there would be no reason to have the tiny symbols on it-they make for extra expense and a theater audience is too far away to see them anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>All this discussion and we haven&#039;t even seen the blade-it could be a fireplace poker for all we know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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