Original British WWII Second Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife Blade-Marked by Wilkinson with Sheath colts Vith by the 82nd Airborne

Vith by the 82nd Airborne and Bastogne by a roadblock

in May 1945 as the commandant of a clandestine interrogation center in Mondorf-les-Bains

at RAF Lakenheath

It stands 11 inches tall with a head diameter of 8 inches

World War I and World War II

Original British WWII Second Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife Blade-Marked by Wilkinson with Sheath colts Vith by the 82nd AirborneOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is one of the rarest most sought after versions of the Fairbairn Sykes fighting knives. Featuring a brass handle, blackened blade, without any export markings, this example is one of the very scarce blade marked second pattern Wilkinson variants, with the Wilkinson company logo on one side of the blade and The F S Fighting Knife on the reverse. Until 1942 Wilkinson Sword had been the only company which produced