British Naval dagger for Hanoveranians ?

[Flyingdutchman]

Gentlemen,

here comes a dagger I can?t judge.

I have contacted Kurt Glemser and he is thinking that this dagger could be an English navy dagger and probably was made for their Hanoveranian members. The dagger has a genuine ivory grip and shows age, but has been heavily cleaned.

Any thougts on this greatly appreciated !

Thanks in advance.

Best;

Flyingdutchman

[Flyingdutchman]

anchor detail ...

[Flyingdutchman]

Hanoveranian horse ...

[Flyingdutchman]

Ivory grip detail. Thanks for looking !

[Vic Diehl]

This is certainly a very interesting naval dirk, with typical "sailor" scrimshaw decoration and of the mid 19th century. The military of many nations contained readily identified units, brigades, squadrons staffed in a least part by foreign nationals. Did the British navy contain an identified Hannoverian group?