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Lot 872
SCOTTISH SILVER MOUNTED DIRK BELONGING TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL KENNETH GIBBON O'MORCHOE (1894 - 1962)the single edge fullered blade with a notched back with a thistle embossed collar and a studded carved basket weave handle with a stone set pommel, together with a similar knife and fork all contained in a leather scabbard with thistle embossed and engraved silver mounts and a Gordon Highlanders badge, Glasgow 1924, engraved K.G.O.M., 46cm longNote: Educated at St. Andrew's College in Dublin, O'Morchoe joined the Gordon Highlanders in 1922. He had an illustrious military career, as part of The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) 5th Battalion, 2nd Lieutentant 1913, Lieutenant 1915 and Captain 1915; the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 2nd Lieutenant 1915 and Lieutenant 1916. He fought in WWI in France and Belgium 1915 - 1916 and he was wounded twice. He was awarded campaign medals, to include 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal. He was also employed with the West African Frontier Force (The West African Frontier Force (WAFF) was a multi-battalion field force, formed by the British Colonial Office in 1900 to garrison the West African colonies of Nigeria, Gold Coast, Sierra Leone and Gambia) from 1917 to 1929. He joined the Gordon Highlanders in 1922 as a Lieutenant, made a Captain in 1923, Major 1934 - 1938, Adjutant 1929 - 1932, Brevet Major 1937, Major 1938 and Lietenant Colonel in 1940. He served in the King's African Rifles in 1922-24 and then again in 1934 - 38. He retired from the military in 1947.
Lot 868
SCOTTISH DIRKthe single edge fullered blade with a notched back with a thistle embossed collar and a carved basket weave handle with a stone set pommel, together with a similar knife and fork all contained in a leather scabbard with thistle embossed and engraved white metal mounts, 49.5cm long
Lot 873
SCOTTISH DIRKthe single edge fullered blade with a notched back, the embossed collar with Black Watch motto and a studded carved basket weave handle with a stone set pommel, together with a similar knife and fork all contained in a leather scabbard with thistle embossed and engraved gilt metal mounts, 46.5cm long
Lot 864
AMENDMENT TO PROVENANCEWWII GERMAN SS INTELLIGENCE OFFICER'S CHAINED DRESS DAGGER 1936 pattern, the black ebony handle with enamelled 'SS' runes and with inserted eagle, the back of the replacement hand guard engraved 'Sa', the blade etched with Meine Ehre Heist Treue (My Honour is called Loyalty), the scabbard is fitted with hanging chains bearing 'SS' runes and skull motifs respectively, 37cm long overall Note: By repute, the dagger was recovered from a ruined building by Allied troops in Brussels during WWII. The gentleman who recovered the dagger had been an Inteligence Office in the British Army and, in 1944, was amongst the first allied troops to enter Brussels after occupying Germans had left. By the time his unit got to the buildings used by the SS, locals had ransacked the offices, however, he found this dagger in the debris and brought it back to the UK.
Lot 869
SCOTTISH DIRKthe single edge fullered blade with a notched back inscribed Renfrew Militia, with a thistle embossed collar and a studded carved basket weave handle with a stone set pommel, together with a similar knife and fork all contained in a leather scabbard with thistle embossed and engraved white metal mounts, engraved Mackay Cunningham & Co, Edinr, 44cm long
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