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Antiques Roadshow guest says 'I'm astonished' as special WWII item from 'secret army' with links to Winston Churchill receives staggering valuation as expert Robert Tilney says it has 'totally made my day'
An Antiques Roadshow guest was left 'astonished' after receiving a staggering valuation for his World War II 'fighting knife'. Expert Robert Tilney said it had 'totally made my day'.
The Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife was made specifically for close combat for secret commandos operating in occupied Europe, by creators William Fairbairn and Eric Sykes The FS fighting knife was developed by William Fairbairn and Eric Sykes specifically with the hand-to-hand combat which would be carried out by the SOE, in which the latter worked with Lt. Massey. It was dissolved after the war in 1946 by new Prime Minister Clement Atlee despite the SOE's chief, Lord Selborne, advocating for its continuation despite having created a tense relationship with other governmental and military bodies.
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