April 2024 Sealed Bid Auction : Sale S0424 Lot 2496
A CASED WILKINSON SWORD COMMEMORATIVE 50TH ANNIVESARY OF D-DAY FAIRBAIRN-SYKES DAGGER,

Product Details

A CASED WILKINSON SWORD COMMEMORATIVE 50TH ANNIVESARY OF D-DAY FAIRBAIRN-SYKES DAGGER, manufactured in 1994, with 7in. polished stiletto blade etched with a winged figure of Liberty and 'THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD, AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN, AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM', the forte etched with the knife model, the reverse with '1944-1994' in a banner and 'TO COMMEMORATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF OPERATION OVERLORD AND NEPTUNE, THE ALLIED LANDINGS ON THE COAST OF FRANCE ON D-DAY, THE 6TH JUNE 1944' and the maker's trademark at the forte, gilded boat-shaped cross-guard, gilded ribbed metal hilt, not supplied with a scabbard, together with its green leatherette presentation box with Wilkinson's trademark to the satin of the lid lining and the tray lined in green velvet, as new



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Estimate £120-180

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