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KNIFE called Dirk
Scotland
Circa 1940
Steel, wood, nickel silver, leather
Overall length: 43.5 cm; Blade length: 30 cm
Straight single-edged blade with a counter-edged edge, monogrammed "22" and hallmarked with a "T" and a crowned "E" on one side; hallmarked with a "T", an "O", and an "E" under a crown, an "X", and marked "F. BROS LTP" on the other side.
Nickel silver ferrule marked "I A&SH 38".
Carved wooden foregrip, rivets.
Nickel silver pommel, engraved with the crown of George VI.
Leather-covered wooden scabbard, nickel silver fittings engraved with interlaced thistles, belt loop.
Ref. : 5431
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