push dagger
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19920236-001.1
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer Robbins
- Date Made --
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - United Kingdom
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Armament, edged
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Inscription on bottom of grip: ROBBINS DUDLEY
- Materials Steel, Aluminum, Brass, Mammal leather
- Service Component Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Unit 21st Canadian Infantry Battalion
- Measurements Height 9.1 cm, Length 16.0 cm, Width 2.4 cm
- Caption Knives
- Additional Information A fighting knife was not part of a soldier's regular equipment, but many bought them privately for use in the narrow trenches, where rifles and bayonets were awkward.