Italy, Facist State. A Second War Fighting Knife, C.1942 GTRexclude 69 mm (w) x 53

69 mm (w) x 53

wear to regimental number & initial

Footnote: Confirmed on the Rolls for Ridgeway

on short original ribbon as worn

An 1939-1946 Irish Emergency Service Medal  - 1 Clasp - 1939-1946

Italy, Facist State. A Second War Fighting Knife, C.1942 GTRexclude 69 mm (w) x 53The knife with its blade and crossguard in steel, magnetic, measuring 183 mm in length, embedded into a brass handle, the handle with a bone grip which incorporates seven sets of three vertical rules each around its circumference, the pommel constructed from a circular convex rivet that secures the structure of the knife, the knife measuring 280 mm in length overall, exhibiting contact marks on the blade and spotting on the brass handle. The