Since establishing this website I have answered thousands of questions. Now I have a question and I am going to ask all of you to see if you can find an answer. I am now the owner of an original Shanghai SMP dagger. Several of them had the motto "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi" inlaid into the blades. NOW I know it means thus pass the glories of the world. I also have found out it was sometimes used during Papal coronations.
What I am looking for is any sort of link between it and the officers stationed in Shanghai, China. For example was it something of a fraternal order, or was it just a "neat"saying? I think there was more to it because it would not have been easy to inlet it into the bayonet blades. I want to see if anything can be found, to include in my book. If one of you finds an answer I'll credit you in the book. So, all of you Googlers get your googlefu working and see what you can find.
What I am looking for is any sort of link between it and the officers stationed in Shanghai, China. For example was it something of a fraternal order, or was it just a "neat"saying? I think there was more to it because it would not have been easy to inlet it into the bayonet blades. I want to see if anything can be found, to include in my book. If one of you finds an answer I'll credit you in the book. So, all of you Googlers get your googlefu working and see what you can find.
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