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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ratio411, post: 1125306, member: 26729&quot;]The simplest scenario is usually the correct one.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I think this was attached to an old piano in Europe.</p><p>One of the surviviors came back, and he, or a relative wanting to honor him, pryed the item off an old piano and used the back side to have the engraving done and attached it to a plaque or similar item to be hung on the veteran&#039;s wall/shelf.</p><p>Simple enough.</p><p>There is nothing to explain how this thing would be on a warship and the only thing that actually even suggests a connection is the engraving. It is obvious the engraving was done post-mortem of the ship since it has the date of the ship&#039;s last day of service, so the engraving was not done to tie the item to the ship while it was actually in service.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Simple enough.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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