VTG ANTIQUE GERMANY A.O. DAGGER/KNIFE/SWORD FIGHTING ?

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I REALLY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS...MARKED "GERMANY"...AND A O AND THEN EITHER A NUMBER 4 OR SOME KIND OF SYMBOL/MARK TO THE RIGHT OF THE O...PLATED ONE PIECE HANDLE/GUARD WHICH APPEARS TO BE SOLID BRASS...PLATING HAS WORN TO THE BRASS SOME ON THE HANDLE AND MORE ON ONE SIDE THAN THE OTHER...HANDLE WEIGHS JUST OVER 1 POUND BY ITSELF AND THE ENTIRE ITEM WEIGHS JUST OVER 2 POUNDS...HANDLE IS HELD ON WITH SOME TYPE OF INTERNAL THREADED BUSHING WITH A HEAD...THERE IS NO WIGGLE OR PLAY FROM THE BLADE TO HANDLE...THE OVERALL LENGTH IS JUST UNDER 23 1/2" LONG AND THE BLADE IS JUST UNDER 18"...BLADE DOES HAVE SOME OLD PITTING AND A FEW EDGE DINGS AND SOME USUAL HANDLING/STORAGE WEAR...IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THERE WAS EVER A SHARPENED EDGE OR POINT...BLADE IS 1 3/8" WIDE AT THE HANDLE AND TAPERS TO 1 1/8" BEFORE GOING DOWN TO THE POINT...BLADE IS THICKER IN THE MIDDLE AND I REALLY HAVE NO WAY OF MEASURING THAT THICKNESS...AT THE OUTSIDE EDGES IT IS ABOUT 1/16" AT THE HANDLE AND TAPERS DOWN TO THE END WITH THE POINT TO ABOUT 2/3 OF a 1/16"...WHATEVER THAT MEASUREMENT IS...LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE EITHER POLISHED ON THIS OR MAYBE THE BLADE HAS A VERY THIN COAT OF SILVER PAINT...THE HANDLE DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN POLISHED ON OR PAINTED...VERY NEAT LOOKING ITEM AND SHOULD MAKE A NEAT DISPLAY PIECE...I AM JUST STARTING TO SELL OFF QUITE A read more