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Lot 122

Chinese presentation dagger for the U.S. Marine Corps
1940s
length 14in. Boxed.

22 February 2013, 13:00 EST
New York

Sold for US$3,750 inc. premium

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Chinese presentation dagger for the U.S. Marine Corps
1940s

Chinese-made US Marine Corps dagger made for one of the Company (100 men) of U.S. Embassy Guards in Shanghai, China, circa 1938-1941. Grip and scabbard featuring enameled, crossed American and Chinese Flags and Eagle, Globe and Anchor insignia of the USMC on the throat of the scabbard. length 14in. Boxed.

Footnotes

Provenance:
The War Museum

In May 1941 Admiral Glassford of YANGPAT and Consul General in Shanghai, Frank B. Lockhart, had concerns for Americans in China and sent a recommendation to Secretary of State Hull for withdrawal of Marines from China. U.S. Ambassador Clarence Gauss wanted the Marines to stay, but on 10 November Washington ordered the Marines out of China. On 27-28 November the 4th Marines departed Shanghai and headed for the Philippines where they would fight the Japanese until their May 1942 surrender, Bataan Death March and imprisonment. Under these circumstances, the survival rate of these knives would have to be considered extremely low.

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