Original British Napoleonic Naval Nile Dirk of Captain Henry Darby of HMS Bellerophon - Battle of the Nile Category_MG 42 Accessories The iron-mounted ramrod is original

The iron-mounted ramrod is original and retains its corkscrew used for either drawing a charge or for cleaning the bore

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

so there are variations in style of manufacture

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

is nearly impossible

Original British Napoleonic Naval Nile Dirk of Captain Henry Darby of HMS Bellerophon - Battle of the Nile Category_MG 42 Accessories The iron-mounted ramrod is originalOriginal 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