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			Tim, if you think it could be German, perhaps it is a 'hirschfanger'. That's a small hunting sword. Is the blade signed in anyway ? 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	As to it's origin, it could well be East-africa, as Germany had a colony there in the beginning of the 20th century.  | 
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