China, Republic. A Kuomintang Army Officer's Dagger, C.1935 Auction Archive where he was to spend

where he was to spend the next year

"wounded by shrapnel"

the obverse with a national eagle clutching a swastika on the top and a bowtie on the bottom and a Karabiner 98k diagonally across the badge with a bayonet attached to the front of the barrel and the carrying sling hanging from the rifle

Private Palmer "paraded sick at Folkestone

the 5th class of the French Legion of Honour and the 5th class of the Turkish Order of the Medjidie

China, Republic. A Kuomintang Army Officer's Dagger, C.1935 Auction Archive where he was to spendMeasuring 385 mm in length with the scabbard on, nickel plated steel blade, magnetic, fuller in the middle of the blade on both sides, with dull edges and having a sharp tip, exhibiting the usual in and out runner marks and scattered surface wear, with surface rust evident near the tip on the obverse, the blade measuring 232 mm in length, rating near very fine, the dagger itself measuring 352 mm. Brass crossguard and ferrule, the latter held in place