China, Qing Dynasty. A Knife Set Archive very fine overall condition

very fine overall condition

Underneath the insignia is an armband

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

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

Surrey on November 3

China, Qing Dynasty. A Knife Set Archive very fine overall conditionIncludes: 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