I'd glanced inside them when I collected them, so I knew the 1970s one seemed to be missing some pieces, which were presumably to be found in the bag of loose pieces.
However, upon opening the case, I realised that it didn't contain any of the original 1970s cutlery at all! It seems as if when they got the "new" one, they also got an entire spare set of cutlery, and populated the old case with those

The loose pieces do include what's left of the original 1970s set, recognisable by the more ornate decoration on the handle. For now, they've been sorted out into the cutlery drawer liner thing that was with them in the bag but which they'd all spilled out of. At least everything is in some sort of order now, and I can decide whether to transfer what remains of them back into their original box. They all need a good clean too, so I'll have to watch one of those YouTube videos about lemons, bicarbonate of soda, and crumpled aluminium foil, those three things being the Internet's solution for every problem ever encountered by the human race

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