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Originally Posted by Sdiver
I was thinking along these two same lines as well and realized, there could be another (3rd) possibility.
This knife could have belonged to an SF warrior who was KIA and his family, not knowing what they had in their possession, sold/pawned off this, as well as other possessions.
I do hope that I am wrong in this thought, but it is another avenue to investigate.
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An off shoot of this theory is that a QP might have bequeathed it to a friend, the friend passed away, and that friend's family did not understand the knife's significance and/or the knife became a symbol of ongoing family politics and discord. (
He always paid more attention to his collection than he did to us, so....)
On an every day (that is, civilian) level, these types of scenarios happen more frequently than one would like.