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					Originally Posted by  Jim McDougall
					 
				 
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 No, you pretty much summed up the sword well. 
Only thing I will add is that the Crown over PL is likely an inspectors stamp. The auction catalogue for the Dutch Army museum sale lists such an inspectors stamp (but doesn’t show an example) so it is quite likely to be a central rather then regional mark.