While GB is right on with the cabinet scrapers, matching up the boogered finish is a no-brainer = it won't happen.
What reinforces my proposal is that it is plain to see the the next lower core veneer runs at 90 degrees to the surface. Kinda, sorta looks like typical ply assembly.
Perhaps some assurance would come if you have ever seen a plywood press in operation. North Central Plywood in Prince George, BC, operated the biggest press outside of Japan. They could assemble and crush 145 sheets of 3/4" plywood in one squeeze. Sides cut, ends cut, surfaces planed, graded.
What amazed me was the difference between the surface veneer thickness (1/4") and what came out of the sander = 1/16"????
That's where sm424 got into trouble = the vessel bands were like open holes to the core underneath.