Dagger Ident-first timer

[Ron Dorsch]

Can anyone identify this?

Correction

(My father-in-law found this on his farm about 50 some years ago. The farm is in the Eau Claire area of Wisconsin. 50 or so miles east of Minneapolis MN. I think it may be a French dagger. They did have French fur traders in that area he says. Any chance it could be of Viking origin. )

-----Correction, the wife was looking over my shoulder after I posted this. Her father bought this at an auction in northern Wisconsin from a farmer who was in Europe during WWII. Apparently he found it in a field while over there This is original, there is pitting & wear marks from use that are not recent.

Any help would be appreciated. It has been a family mystery. A pistol was found in the general vicinity but was stolen a few years back. It had an internal cap trigger w/ reverse guard as my wife’s father remembers.

Thanks
Ron Dorsch

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