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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 83488, member: 54&quot;]Now I&#039;m done looking at this item.&nbsp; I looked at each of some 600 photos of fraternal swords in the Marino book and found only one with the same image of the winged sun on a bow-tie-type cross guard.&nbsp; Caption on pp. 99 identifies the sword as having been made for the &quot;Knights of the Golden Eagle.&quot;&nbsp; The cross guard is the only similarity to OP&#039;s sword however.&nbsp; Interestingly, the sword posted above marked &quot;CDC&quot; has much more in common with OP&#039;s sword than any in the book.&nbsp; The book has photos of a few &quot;CDC&quot;-marked swords which differ significantly from the one at the link above.&nbsp; The book states that CDC is an unidentified organization.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing in the book that I think may apply here is on pp. 15:&nbsp; &quot;The 1870&#039;s and 80&#039;s was an era of stock swords at cut-rate prices, though there were always swords of presentation quality available for the higher ranks.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I think OP&#039;s sword may be one of the &quot;stock&quot; swords mentioned.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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