MALAYSIAN 1850/1900 ERA DAGGER, GRIP HAS HAND CARVED MAHOGANY? IMAGE W/BRASS FURREL, IMAGE IS OF A MALE WITH FOLDED ARMS IN FRONT AND HOLDING A KRISS

EXCELLENT 1900 / 1930’S ERA “MONTAGNARD” CHIEFTIANS DAGGER, THESE WERE GIVEN TO “SPECIAL FORCES” OFFICERS LIVING WITH THE TRIBESMEN TO SHOW MUTUAL FRIENDSHIP WHEN TRAVELLING THE HIGHLANDS, THIS HIGH GRADE ONE HAS A VERY FINE ETCHED 6 1/2″ SPEAR TIP SHAPED BLADE, THE GRIP HAS A SECTION OF IVORY NEAR THE POMMEL CAP WITH VERY FINELY TWISTED THIN SILVER WIRE, THE BOTTOM FURREL ON GRIP IS MISSING, THE KNIFES ONLY FLAW, 11″ O.A., THE SCABBARD HAS THE TRADITIONAL FLARED TIP AND A VERY THIN COVERING OF SHEET SILVER? WITH SEVERAL VERY THIN AND FINE SILVER WIRE DESIGNS THAT WOULD BE THE ENVY OF ANY JEWLER TODAY, SCABBARD ALSO HAS THE TWISTED KHAKI COTTON? CORD, VERY FINE OVERALL