commando dagger
Report a Mistake- Object Number 20010210-046
- Event 1939-1945 Second World War
- Affiliation --
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Date Made 1939-1945
- Place of Use Continent - Europe, Country - United Kingdom, England
- Category Tools and equipment for science and technology
- Sub-category Armament, edged
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1939/01/01
- Latest 1945/12/31
- Brand Name / Model 2nd Pattern
- Inscription (Top of guard is stamped): ENGLAND; (ferrule is stamped ): 6 /broad arrow.
- Pattern Name Fairbairn Sykes
- Materials Steel, Mammal leather
- Measurements Length 30.2 cm, Width 2.2 cm
- Caption Commando Dagger, Fairbairn-Sykes, Second Model
- Additional Information Captains William Ewart Fairbairn and Eric Anthony Sykes designed the Fairbairn-Sykes dagger especially for the SOE.