“Welsh knife” of the 9th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers, c.1917-18
Of steel with flat oval pommel, pierced by two holes, for the wrist cord (which it retains) with the pointed angular end of the tang projecting beyond; wide tang to serve as the grip (retaining its cord binding); stepped disc hand-guard which can be folded flat.
The broad, double-edged, leaf-shaped blade with a flattened central ‘ridge’ for the last 335 mm (13.2 in.). The ricasso of the blade bears the engraved motto DROS URDDAS CYMRU.
The scabbard has a full width brown leather belt-loop extending from the inside of the mouth and the scabbard itself appears to be made of a cross-woven fabric over card, the whole covered in khaki canvas webbing, with a brown leather chape.
