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Coat of arms of the Russian Republic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Pr ... Government

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because you can't drink beer & load rockets - TXPete

russian masons ?

Yep - Imperial Russky two-faced eagle all righty. Try this link for possible similarities. SW

http://www.google.com/search?q=russian+ ... 66&bih=587

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That standing lion looks similar the rampant lion of the Czech republic before WW2.

Rad

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....I toldja you'd get some good leads if you posted it here....

...by the way,I'f flip the sword 180 on the mounts-but thats just me...

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trust you understand i meant no offense to the masons among us by my post ....

i was looking at it as a fraternal item , not military , but i could well be wrong in this thinking ,

yup - i think you are right , but its a small part of what you should do - we older folks can add perspective , but you still need your younger friends to carry you through life - good friends are very valuable , pick them well - they will be there with you forever ,

we older sorts will slowly go away leaving you with whatever you got from us in the time that is left , and dont think for a minute that the stuff you get here is not valuable , it may save you from a bad buy in the future ,

i think passing some knowledge on to those you are associating with these days can only improve their lives as well , there is much to be applied to the future by what we learned in the past ,

at the very least you are hangin out with some old guys that have your best interest inn mind ,

Don't want to burst your bubble, but to me it looks like an (probably) Italian souvenir/fantasy sword.
Might be Spanish or even Chinese for that matter, but tourist shops in southern europe are crammed with these.
This one does look of a little better quality than average though.

Best regards,
A

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so its not old like all of us ?

Late 20th century ...


Brgds, A

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way too young ....

Souvenir cheese slicer. No good if not used for it's intended purpose

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It's 5 o'clock and it's watermelon time.....................
because you can't drink beer & load rockets - TXPete

"...A-Square... That is very good advice, i agree completely... and I mean't no dis-respect also to any on this forum... i was only meaning when i was much younger like 20yrs. or so ago i had little intrest in being a lodge brother. Now that i'm start'in to get a lot closer to 50 than to 40 I am realizing that was a mistake. ..."

ah - my friend , do not think for a moment i took issue with that , you did not offend this forum nor me , i firmly believe that every individual take steps in life based on our percieved direction , and often that changes ,

in hitlers germany there were those that joined his youth and adult movements ,
in our country there were those that joined the KKK ,
in isreal there are those that hunt nazis ,
in my lifetime - there have been commie hunters in our country ,

i do not see "masons" in this way nor do i see the local 'knights of columbus' this way , i never viewed any other fraternal order as 'bad' unless they did something "bad" and even then i know individuals do bad things - not really the organaziations ,

i grant you the 'american nazis' have inspired bad - but its the individual that actually did the deed , not the organisiation no man should be freed of his actions by his associations , nor should an individual be granted favor for the efforts of his organization ,

in my mind every organization has , if their intent be good , respect until their intent be bad , and its not a question of pretense as much as intent ,

i did not nor do i question you as an individual ,

Well, it's a very nice piece if used for it's intended purpose. Which is decoration. You shouldn't look for things that aren't there if you know what I mean.
Like I said before, I think it is Italian made, or maybe Spanish.

Best Regards, A

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