Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 17 May 2023
A Scottish dress dirk
A Scottish dress dirk, blade 11.5 in. with scalloped back edge, basket weave carved hilt with white metal mounts and cairngorm-set pommel; complete with by-knife and fork mounted en suite; leather covered scabbard with engraved white metal fittings.
By decent throught the family of 2nd Lieutenant Kenneth Struthers.
Attributable to 2nd Lieutenant Kenneth Struthers who died in the Battle of Le Transloy (part of the wider Battle of the Somme) 07/10/1916 (see lot 20 for this officer's medals)