designer marked "VANCZAR"
WWII period manufacture (and often awarded to German Officers)
They reported their discovery to an RCAF aircraft detection corps observer at Horse Chops
The first batch of fifty F-S Fighting Knives were produced in January 1941 by Wilkinson Sword Ltd after Fairbairn and Sykes had travelled down to their factory from the Special Training Centre at Lochailort
le Roi de Danemark) good very fine
A First War Royal Air Force (Raf) Officer's Cap Badge Hold designer marked "VANCZAR"A First War Royal Air Force (RAF) Officer's Cap Badge Silver gilt insignia of the eagle surmounted by the Royal crown, with the leafed wreath below, maroon felt in the crown, black wool backer, gilt "J. R. GAUNT & SON Ltd. LONDON & B'HAM" maker mark seal on the reverse, on a dual convex frame with the three insignia held to it via two rivets each, 66. 5 mm x 67. 2 mm, light surface wear, edge wear on the black wool, better than very fine.