Wooden sheath for Caucasian kindjal knife, nd.
Belonged to Lt Col George Allen Preston, who may have acquired them while in Mesopotamia, World War One, or while at Kars, 1919.
Covered with brown leather.
The mouthpiece with suspension locket and the chape are made of white metal, possibly low grade silver.
The front has incised geometrical and floral decoration with chern (black) but the back is plain.
The chape bound at lower length by twisted metal wire, possibly silver.
Associated with 40th Pathans and 6th Gurkha Rifles, World War One, Eastern Front and Mesopotamia (1914-1918).