China, Republic. A National Revolutionary Army Officer Dagger with Scabbard & Hanger visually-hidden After one week at Boulogne

After one week at Boulogne

under the command of General Don Xavier de Castaños and Joaquim Blake

When the battery arrived in France on February 26th

A second war German medal ribbon bar with four medals

China, Republic. A National Revolutionary Army Officer Dagger with Scabbard & Hanger visually-hidden After one week at BoulogneOften abbreviated as the NRA, the group was the military arm of the Kuomintang (KMT, or the Chinese Nationalist Party) from 1925 until 1947. With a large degree of variation in the overall quality of these daggers produced, this example 40 cm in overall length with scabbard on and a blade length of 27 cm respectively. Blade is in nickel plated steel displays no rush, only standard wear from insertion into scabbard. The gilt brass crossguard that sits