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16th August 2006, 11:12 PM
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I have a friend who works at the Museum of Natural History and he says it is a representation of the battle of Omdurman. The British ranks were formed in a the shape of a square and were surrounded by the enemy fighters and stamp on the dagger is some type of commemoration of that battle. Lew |
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20th August 2006, 02:50 AM
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Totally gratuitous to add this, but it's one of my favorites, and I've never seen any others so close to it.
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20th August 2006, 12:49 PM
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Yes that dagger has the most lovely fuller work I have seen and would look wonderful hanging next to this one  Lew Last edited by LOUIEBLADES; 20th August 2006 at 06:23 PM. |
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