Hi all, Im trying to get more information about a dagger that was just passed to me by my mother. http://imgur.com/a/v0Ik8 [1] [1]

Story goes, my Great Uncle was in an engineering crew working on airfield construction in the middle east somewhere and somehow ended up with this dagger. I have been told its a Turkish Officers, however looking at it it looks handmade, and something tells me its not quite right. (possibly made as a tourist item?)

Was wondering if anyone had seen it before?

The white areas look like a snake skin, and the rest is leather. The engravings look primitive, and the sharpening of the blade isnt even. Not sure what the scorpion or dog (not sure) is all about and seems to have writing next to it.

Thanks for viewing and if you have any suggestions on where i should x/post to please let me know.

Cheers