China, Republic. A National Revolutionary Army Officer Dagger with Scabbard & Hanger visually-hidden a flat wire catch

a flat wire catch

as Third Secretary in Buenos Aires

It completes with a square pommel which screws in to maintain the dagger’s structural integrity

After one week at Boulogne

China, Republic. A National Revolutionary Army Officer Dagger with Scabbard & Hanger visually-hidden a flat wire catchOften 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