A SECOND WORLD WAR FIRST PATTERN FAIRBAIRN SYKES FIGHTING KN...

Hammer

£2,400

A SECOND WORLD WAR FIRST PATTERN FAIRBAIRN SYKES FIGHTING KNIFE BY WILKINSON. A Fairbairn Sykes knife with a 17cm pointed double edged blade, marked to the ricasso for Wilkinson Sword Co.ltd London and 'The F-S Fighting knife', with 's ' shaped cross piece, and slender grip with crosscut grip, in leather scabbard. 33.5cm overall in scabbard.
According to family tradition this knife was given to a great uncle Stanley Woodhouse who waslandlord of The Brickmakers Arms in Southampton. One of his customers served as a British Commando and on returning from a Commando raid in Norway during the Second World War, and gave him the knife immediately on returning from the raid. Unfortunately the name of the original owner has not been recorded. *CR A nice example showing some signs of age and use.