China, Qing Dynasty. A Knife Set Archive It was possibly due to

It was possibly due to his pre-war and post-war employment as an Iron Moulder

silver hallmarked on ball suspension with boars head denoting French manufacture and small silver guarantee post 1838

along with an "8" and " '42" (the re-issue date of 1942)

An extensive second war period German medal ribbon bar with six ribbons

the reverse handle features a stamped Hohenzollern-style imperial eagle

China, Qing Dynasty. A Knife Set Archive It was possibly due toIncludes: Knife with a steel blade, magnetic, with a half length fuller and maker marked on the ricasso on one side, the blade embedded into a handle fabricated from a combination of steel, copper, brass and blackened bone, with a flared end of the finely patterned handle, measuring 318 mm in length; two 267 mm long Chopsticks with twisted grips in bone and finished in black; the aforementioned items housed in a Scabbard fabricated from silvered