Original British WWI Naval Charting Compass from Battleship HMS Audacious - Sunk Oct. 27 1914 Original Machine Guns Model 1918 MkI Trench Knife

Model 1918 MkI Trench Knife is offered in good condition

Several days later

The top panel seam of both the cap and cover feature red piping

Matured Brass mounts with armorer's stamps in perfect condition

Blade is somewhat heavy and the length is approximately 26 1/2" and overall length 38"

Original British WWI Naval Charting Compass from Battleship HMS Audacious - Sunk Oct. 27 1914 Original Machine Guns Model 1918 MkI Trench KnifeOriginal item: One of a Kind Set. This came to us from a well curated English WWI Maritime Collection, a named artifact. The Battle Ship H. M. S. AUDACIOUS was commissioned on October 19th 1913. She was 597 feet in length and displaced 25,830 tons of water, with a complement of 860 men. She was the last of five King George V Class Battle Ships completed in 1913. She had 10 X 13 1 2" Guns, 16 X 4" Guns and 3 X Torpedo tubes. She was stationed at Scarpa