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Can you help identify these knives /daggers/stilettos ?
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 4:46 am
by Rupertnz
I have inherited these two knives/daggers/stilettos. I know they came from Europe and were WW2 war booty. Service was in Italy and Palestine.
Does anyone have any idea of age and country of origin and value.
Cheers
Re: Can you help identify these knives /daggers/stilettos ?
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 10:26 am
by Whitneyrifle
Shot in the dark here:
The top blade in a very rough Portuguese translation is “to eat”
The bottom blade again in a very rough Latin translation is “The mind made me”
Both translations could be wrong, but a quick research and what I remember of my Latin is what these came out to be.
Re: Can you help identify these knives /daggers/stilettos ?
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2022 1:02 pm
by Ridgegrass
Agree on the "made me" translation of mefecit. Can't really read the others. Neat pieces, good luck with them. J.O'.
Re: Can you help identify these knives /daggers/stilettos ?
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 12:03 am
by Madmarco
to AAPK Rupert!
I love daggers and stilettos and own quite a few, but I've never seen anything like your 2!
Wherever they were made they sure are cool pieces!
Thanks for showing them to us!
Re: Can you help identify these knives /daggers/stilettos ?
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:25 am
by Rupertnz
Thanks for the responses. I have trawled the internet and have yet to find anything similar so definitely not mass produced!
Cheers
Al