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Lot Essay
This pattern was in use between 1890 and 1920.
Details
A KAISERMARINE-PERIOD NAVAL DIRK
with finely etched 13¼in. blade, brass quillons with release button, turned and grooved ivory handle terminating in an open crown pommel; with brass scabbard -- 19¼in. (49cm.) overall.
with finely etched 13¼in. blade, brass quillons with release button, turned and grooved ivory handle terminating in an open crown pommel; with brass scabbard -- 19¼in. (49cm.) overall.
Literature
May & Annis: Swords for Sea Service, H.M.S.O., 1970, Vol.I, p.154, Vol.II, plate 112.
Special notice
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