Original British Early Victorian Cased Carving Knife and Fork Set from Salvage of HMS Royal George - Sunk 1782 British Militaria extremely well preserved considering its

extremely well preserved considering its age

The holster shows light use

This experimental bayonet fighting knife began life an M7 bayonet for use with a the U

the reverse with an inscription of FÜR VERDIENSTE UM DAS DEUTSCHE ROTE KREUZ (“FOR SERVICE IN THE GERMAN RED CROSS”)

from the Battle of Omdurman to the Gallipoli campaign to the Battle of El Alamein

Original British Early Victorian Cased Carving Knife and Fork Set from Salvage of HMS Royal George - Sunk 1782 British Militaria extremely well preserved considering itsOriginal Item: One of a Kind. The loss of H. M. S. ROYAL GEORGE, the pride of the Royal Navy, in 1782 was a true shock to Great Britain. It was England's LARGEST Man o War and its sinking affected England much like the Loss of the U. S. S. ARIZONA at Pearl Harbor in WW2. In the 1840s there was an attempt to salvage some of this massive ship's components, and many were turned into tributes to the great disaster. Here is a lovely pair of Carving Knife