The bayonet consoles and confounds him. He’s run a magnifying glass down the whole length. He picked up the probable remnants of U.S. mint marks. Buff-out marks also appear. The provenance. That’s what confounds him. FDR banned gold hoarding back in ’33. The dictate was widely ignored. Let’s indulge fantasy here. There’s a wealthy U.S. fascist. He employs an artisan. A gold bar is cut into bayonet shape. It makes its way to the Fatherland and Kyoho Hanamaka. Fetishistic horror ensues. Provenance.
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