Brass flat guard set with 2 foot Display piece

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orangeboy
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Brass flat guard set with 2 foot Display piece

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Here’s an amazing set of flat guards made with brass instead of nickel silver from roughly the WW2 era. Included is the period correct 2 foot Display piece I found a few years back.

Enjoy!
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Re: Brass flat guard set with 2 foot Display piece

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Very nice set Charley. Like those wasp body .. The two on the right are brass?
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Re: Brass flat guard set with 2 foot Display piece

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boblees812 wrote:Very nice set Charley. Like those wasp body .. The two on the right are brass?
No, those are from the same era so they just happened to be in the picture. In fact that mint 11” I sold to a friend in South Florida. That one is quite possibly the most mint 11” flat guard in existence.

And the bottom on is a sweet 9” wasp stamped with AUSONIA and a Lion w/ the shield of Maniago.
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Re: Brass flat guard set with 2 foot Display piece

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orangeboy wrote: And the bottom on is a sweet 9” wasp stamped with AUSONIA and a Lion w/ the shield of Maniago.
Hi Charlie,
Wicked cool set, but my favorite is the small wasp!
Thanks for sharing,
John
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Re: Brass flat guard set with 2 foot Display piece

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john wrote:
orangeboy wrote: And the bottom on is a sweet 9” wasp stamped with AUSONIA and a Lion w/ the shield of Maniago.
Hi Charlie,
Wicked cool set, but my favorite is the small wasp!
Thanks for sharing,
John
You have great taste...I’ll post better pics later tonight
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