United Kingdom. A Late 19Th Century Child's Dirk, C.1890 Auction The Sappers and Miners retreated

The Sappers and Miners retreated as the guns withdrew

A First War Iron Cross Medal Group - WWI Iron Cross 2nd Class (iron

he served aboard HMS Lion until June 1915

1913 he was promoted to lance corporal (Gefreiter

circa 1840 period manufacture

United Kingdom. A Late 19Th Century Child's Dirk, C.1890 Auction The Sappers and Miners retreatedScotland; Dirk has a traditional ebony handle in hand carved wood, with a thatched pattern throughout, the dirk designed without a blade, as it was issued to a child. The cap on the pommel is silver, engraved with a wavy zig zag design on the side and finished with a large cairngorm stone, a type of smoky quartz rock crystal, the cairngorm stone free of chipping and exhibiting very little contact. The accompanying scabbard has a u shaped bar on the