United Kingdom. A Late 19Th Century Child's Dirk, C.1890 Auction credited with having served twenty

credited with having served twenty months in France and Flanders

he served aboard HMS Lion until June 1915

The Sappers and Miners retreated as the guns withdrew

1913 he was promoted to lance corporal (Gefreiter

as he was sentenced to twenty days Field Punishment No

United Kingdom. A Late 19Th Century Child's Dirk, C.1890 Auction credited with having served twentyScotland; 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