Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Gordon Highlanders Officer’s Full Dress Edwardian Dirk and Suspension Belt.
A very good Edwardian silver example with Hallmarks for Edinburgh 1909, with maker’s marks for ‘R. & H. B. Kirkwood’. The 32 cm bright plain blade with a single fuller and saw back, with a bog oak handle with silver pin studs, an ornate silver pommel, topped with a large facetted finial stone, the black leather scabbard with separately hallmarked silver mounts, the scabbard throat bearing a silver miniature regimental badge, matching knife and fork with bog oak handles, the silver scabbard fittings with thistle sprays, complete with its original blue silk or satin lined red leather covered wooden box, within the lid, maker’s and retailer’s marks ‘By Appointment R. & H. B. Kirkwood. Goldsmith, 66 & 68 Thistle Street, Edinburgh, Established 1833’., the dirk and mounts in very good condition, the outer area of the box faded and scuffed with areas of leather worn in places, and a small piece of wood missing at one end £2,000-£2,400

This is an age restricted lot: the successful buyer will be required to either collect in person, or arrange specialist shipping.