A RARE SECOND WORLD WAR COMMANDO DAGGER with tapering blade...

Estimate

£500 - £1,000

A RARE SECOND WORLD WAR COMMANDO DAGGER

with tapering blade, metal oval cross-guard and brass reeded grip, in the original leather sheath with brass tip, 29cm long (1943 Mk.III)

Provenance: Belonged to Sgt. Arthur Herbert Harrison MM of no. 6 Army Commando at Onsbrook 4th April 1945.

Lt. Sgt. Harrison and his sub-section were ordered to enter a large factory and clear it of enemy snipers.

Harrison entered one doorway of a large machine workshop and as he did so a group of five enemy soldiers fired a Panzerfaust at him from the other end of the workshop. Lt.
Sgt. Harrison was wounded in the leg, however completely undaunted he carried
on doing the best his wound would allow, firing his carbine at the enemy. He killed
one and drove the remainder of the group which included a Spandau team out of
the building where he killed another, leading his sub-section onto where the enemy
had taken cover. He drove them out once again and was responsible for wounding
yet another before the remaining enemy soldiers surrendered. Up to this moment,
the unit had been held up as the factory overlooked the route which the unit
had to take with several casualties caused by the Spandau. Lt Sgt. Harrison, by
his gallant and dashing action in which he showed complete disregard for his
own personal safety, enabled the advance unit to continue without further casualties.

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