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					Originally Posted by erikmarko
					
				 
				Can someone tell me what the meaning of the moon/sun/stars and the clouds I suppose running along the blade is? And what does the number 149 mean? 
 
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 These symbols mean that the blade is a rough Caucasian copy of the Hungarian and German blades of the XVII - early XVIII centuries 

 Such blades were highly valued and actively copied by local craftsmen in the late XIX - early XX centuries.