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HENRY WILKINSON, PALL MALL, LONDON, CIRCA 1880
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AN OFFICER'S DIRK OF THE 78TH HIGHLANDERS (ROSS-SHIRE BUFFS)
Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, circa 1880
With polished, notched-back blade etched with crowned VR cypher, title 78th HIGHLANDERS. ROSS-SHIRE BUFFS, motto GUIDICH'N RHI and the battle honors ASSAYE (with the elephant), MAIDA, JAVA, PERSIA, KOOSHAB and LUCKNOW and maker's details, silver-gilt mounted carved grip, companion knife and fork en-suite (lacking their securing-catches), the black scabbard with silver-gilt mounts, the top mount bearing the figure of St. Andrew with thistle-sprays and the chape with trefoil finial
11¼in. blade
Henry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, circa 1880
With polished, notched-back blade etched with crowned VR cypher, title 78th HIGHLANDERS. ROSS-SHIRE BUFFS, motto GUIDICH'N RHI and the battle honors ASSAYE (with the elephant), MAIDA, JAVA, PERSIA, KOOSHAB and LUCKNOW and maker's details, silver-gilt mounted carved grip, companion knife and fork en-suite (lacking their securing-catches), the black scabbard with silver-gilt mounts, the top mount bearing the figure of St. Andrew with thistle-sprays and the chape with trefoil finial
11¼in. blade