Czechoslovakia, Republic, Socialist Republic; Slovakia, Republic. A Lot Of Thirty-Nine Badges United Republic of 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

42 mm (w) x 21

from June 11 to August 10

in extremely fine condition as well

the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch

Czechoslovakia, Republic, Socialist Republic; Slovakia, Republic. A Lot Of Thirty-Nine Badges United Republic of Footnote: The Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting KnifeIn bronze or various types of metal, three with a two piece construction, twenty seven with enamels, twelve with a lacquered finish, four mounted to a leather fob, a few are number stamped, some are maker marked, in various sizes, with an assortment of attachments including screwbacks, push pins, pinbacks, lugs, clips or prongs, one on a stickpin, ranging from very fine to extremely fine.