Hello all,
My friend recently showed me a knife. He was told that his grandfather received this knife from either his father or grandfather in France.
It looks expensive and considering the age of the knife I'm wondering if it was a reward for something (military service or something else along those lines) or if it was simply an expensive gift.
The design is the same on both sides, I can see no text, numbers or specific designs (coat of arms, initials, unit designation or anything).
Again, please help me, I'm going mad not knowing ^_^
Hi there -
The link to your photo does not work, as you are trying to link to an attachment to an email in your inbox. You will need to host it somewhere online, like Imgur or Tinypic, if you want others to be able to see it.
I think you may have more luck posting this in r/SWORDS. It is definitely a short yataghan, and if the timeframe is correct (passed down from someone who got it 4 or 5 generations ago), it may have something to do with France's participation in the Crimean War.
Our friends in SWORDS will know much more, that is for sure.
It looks like some kind of silverware (although I am probably wrong)
Heres one that looks alot like your friends.