WWII SOE Fighting Dagger Stuns Owner With Four Figure Valuation | Antiques Roadshow UK

WWII SOE Fighting Dagger Stuns Owner With Four Figure Valuation | Antiques Roadshow UK

4 Video Views·Dec 1, 2025  #AntiquesRoadshow #WWIIHistory #SOE

All valuations were correct at the time of broadcast. Filmed at Ham House and Garden in London in 2022, arms and militaria specialist Robert Tilney examines an astonishing piece of covert Second World War history: a rare Fairbairn–Sykes fighting dagger once handled by its co-designer and carried by the owner’s father while serving under the cover name 'Inter-Services Research Bureau' – the front for Churchill’s Special Operations Executive (SOE). But what valuation will Robert place on this remarkable piece of SOE history?

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