Original British Napoleonic Naval Nile Dirk of Captain Henry Darby of HMS Bellerophon - Battle of the Nile Category_MG 42 Accessories Scarcely had they succeeded when

Scarcely had they succeeded when a lone Jerry plane zoomed over and began to strafe

the barrel is 8 1/2 inches long and half-octagonal

Measuring over 15" from nose to base this may well have been used for Cannon Priming Powder

50 caliber liner or barrel insert that was brazed in place at the muzzle and breech

and a few Doolittle Raiders returned from China to join the Squadron

Original British Napoleonic Naval Nile Dirk of Captain Henry Darby of HMS Bellerophon - Battle of the Nile Category_MG 42 Accessories Scarcely had they succeeded whenOriginal Item: One of a Kind. This is an absolutely genuine Nile Dirk with engraved curved 10" blade mounted on an engraved ivory grip with gilt cross guard and crocodile head pommel. The original decorative light gilded chain hand guard, now missing, would have been suspended from a tounge that projected from the Crocodile's mouth and connected to the underside of the lower backward leaning "S" shaped crossguard. The Riccasso at the back end of the