This dagger features a 217 mm nickel-plated steel blade
was gazetted as a Supplementary Reserve Officer into the Worcestershire Regiment in October 1912
A George V Royal Red Cross
held in place with strands of brown threading)
all this time British and Boer soldiers stood about watching and listening while their officers argued
An Imperial Group Of Six Hold This dagger features a 217Mounted as worn German style, comprising: Oldenburg, War Merit Cross Second Class, in blackened iron; Bavaria, Military Merit Order Fourth Class with Crown, in silver and enamels, marked JL 980, small repair just below crown (possibly swords had been originally mounted), about very fine condition; Prussia, Order of the Crown Fourth Class, bronze gilt, enameled center; Prussia, Order of the Red Eagle Fourth Class, silvered, center enameled; Prussian