A Kriegsmarine Administrative Officer’s Buckle; Published Example Archive Footnote: The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife

Footnote: The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife is a double-edged fighting knife resembling a dagger or poignard with a foil grip developed by William Ewart Fairbairn and Eric Anthony Sykes in Shanghai based on concepts which the two men initiated before World War II while serving on the Shanghai Municipal Police in China

at the age of 31 (the magistrate signing the document at West Sandling

Gervais (informing White that the Governor General had awarded him the Medal of Bravery

silvered non magnetic metal

A Kriegsmarine Administrative Officer’s Buckle; Published Example Archive Footnote: The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting KnifeConstructed of bright silver plated tombac, 58mm x59mm, excellent quality, unmarked, in virtually mint condition; illustrated on p. 113 of Angolias book; an excellent example. Footnote: From the collection of approximately 900 German buckles accumulated by John R. Angolia, who start collecting buckles, belts and brocades from 1944 until around 1990; most of the buckles were obtained from the American and German veterans; most of these buckles present