A Sad and Unfruitful End to a Long Struggle
I just wanted to come back and report that after all the effort we made to get this piece from the UK to the USA, it has finally hit a dead end. This because of ridiculous costs for an official to personally transport the weapon from the UK authorities to the airport to be exported to the USA. There seems to be no way around this and the former owner (who surrendered it to authorites) is trying to have it put into a museum instead, anything but having it destroyed.
Guess I can put my state department clearance letter that I worked so hard to get can go in a museum too.
Sorry I don't have better news but thought you all might like to know how it turned out. Not well.
Regards,
Bob