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kronckew · 5th April 2018, 07:51 PM

Thanks.

, I suspect the bird may have been added later. I do not think it was a 'royal' sword, maybe just one given to someone & decorated later.

So it is the royal Peacock (not a phoenix

) I suspected it might be a peacock.

Any more accurate translation on the inscription on the silver bit?

5th April 2018, 07:51 PM	#22
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,215	Thanks., I suspect the bird may have been added later. I do not think it was a 'royal' sword, maybe just one given to someone & decorated later. So it is the royal Peacock (not a phoenix ) I suspected it might be a peacock. Any more accurate translation on the inscription on the silver bit? Last edited by kronckew; 5th April 2018 at 08:29 PM.