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Old 28th March 2024, 04:38 PM   #1
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The silver work is of high quality, and the attachment hardware looks pretty old-school to me. I'd have put this as no later than early 20th century.
I'm not up on hallmarks, but it would appear to put the dagger in the approximate era of my guesstimate.

Nice dagger, BTW.
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Old 28th March 2024, 04:53 PM   #2
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if you follow the link I gave it says that the ram's head was introduced in 1925 and kept for the 20th century.

The French domination of Morocco started in 1912 and ended in 1956


it says /www.saxontheweb.net/threads/italian-sax-master-tenor.384819/


Tete de belier – poinçon MAROC
Poinçon de garantie du titre employé depuis le Dahir du 1er octobre 1925 dans les bureaux de contrôle du Maroc à la marque des ouvrages en argent d'un titre minimum de 800 millièmes. Les essais ont lieu au touchau.

Siécle de début: 20 – Siécle de fin: 20


Ram’s head – MOROCCO hallmark
Hallmark guaranteeing the title used since the Dahir of October 1, 1925 in the control offices of Morocco to mark silver works with a minimum title of 800 thousandths. The tests take place at the touchau.

Beginning century: 20 – Ending century: 20
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Old 29th March 2024, 12:03 AM   #3
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Eric Claude shows in his book "The Small Catalog of Moroccan and Algerian Weapons" several high quality koummyas in silver and gold from the second half of the 20th century. The piece in question is highly collectible regardless of it's age. But I've seen a koummya from the first half of the 20th century, also high quality, still in it's presentation box, completely unused.
By accident I recently also purchased a koummya complete in silver with gold accents. Sadly I can't find a hallmark.

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