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Canada. Memorial Bar & Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife To The Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Canada. Memorial Bar & Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife To The Royal Winnipeg Rifles
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eMedals offers rapid domestic and international shipping. Orders received prior to 12:00pm (EST) will be shipped on the same business day.* Orders placed on Canadian Federal holidays will be dispatched the subsequent business day. Courier tracking numbers are provided for all shipments. All items purchased from eMedals can be returned for a full monetary refund or merchandise credit, providing the criteria presented in our Terms & Conditions are met. *Please note that the addition of a COA may impact dispatch time.
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Birks Bar (sterling silver, officially engraved (RFN. W.J. BIGURSKI / R. WPG. RIF. / DIED IN HIS COUNTRY'S SERVICE / 3 JAN. 1944), the bar attached to one of the scabbard straps of a Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife via two copper wires, the folder for the bar independent); Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife (fine polished steel blade, magnetic, measuring 170 mm in length, with semi-sharp edges and a very sharp tip, solid magnetic metal crossguard, stamped with the British Broad Arrow and marked "ENGLAND" above "B2" on the crossguard, with ribbed grip on the bronze handle, domed "skull-cracker" pommel, knife measuring 292 mm in length overall, in its supple leather scabbard, with a blackened bronze chape, two horizontal straps on the back, scabbard measuring 48 mm x 330 mm); a Typed Note Accompanying the Knife (written by his mother, addressed to his sister, Loraine, inscribed "Loraine, Some of Walters Chums presented me with this knife at his funeral service. I want you to have it. Mum"); a Royal Winnipeg Rifles Cap Badge (silvered die-stamped white metal, unmarked, 45 mm x 51 mm, intact lugs and pin); and a Photo Collage (includes six photos - a studio portrait of the bust of Bigurski in uniform, three of soldiers taken during his interment at Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey (each of which is inscribed in blue ink on the reverse: "PTE W.J. BIGURSKI / BUGLER SOUNDING 'LAST POST' ", "PTE W.J. BIGURSKI / BURIAL PARTY / OFFICER IN CHARGE / LT G.A. STEWART (RWR)", "PTE W.J. BIGURSKI / INTERNMENT / BROOKWOOD / SURREY"), the other two taken at his grave site (his cross inscribed "PRIVATE W.J. BIGURSKI / CANADIAN ARMY / 3.1.44"), along with his Medals Award Slip (named to "H-42175, Pte. W.J. BIGURSKI)); along with three Newspaper Clippings.
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Birks Bar (sterling silver, officially engraved (RFN. W.J. BIGURSKI / R. WPG. RIF. / DIED IN HIS COUNTRY'S SERVICE / 3 JAN. 1944), the bar attached to one of the scabbard straps of a Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife via two copper wires, the folder for the bar independent); Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife (fine polished steel blade, magnetic, measuring 170 mm in length, with semi-sharp edges and a very sharp tip, solid magnetic metal crossguard, stamped with the British Broad Arrow and marked "ENGLAND" above "B2" on the crossguard, with ribbed grip on the bronze handle, domed "skull-cracker" pommel, knife measuring 292 mm in length overall, in its supple leather scabbard, with a blackened bronze chape, two horizontal straps on the back, scabbard measuring 48 mm x 330 mm); a Typed Note Accompanying the Knife (written by his mother, addressed to his sister, Loraine, inscribed "Loraine, Some of Walters Chums presented me with this knife at his funeral service. I want you to have it. Mum"); a Royal Winnipeg Rifles Cap Badge (silvered die-stamped white metal, unmarked, 45 mm x 51 mm, intact lugs and pin); and a Photo Collage (includes six photos - a studio portrait of the bust of Bigurski in uniform, three of soldiers taken during his interment at Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey (each of which is inscribed in blue ink on the reverse: "PTE W.J. BIGURSKI / BUGLER SOUNDING 'LAST POST' ", "PTE W.J. BIGURSKI / BURIAL PARTY / OFFICER IN CHARGE / LT G.A. STEWART (RWR)", "PTE W.J. BIGURSKI / INTERNMENT / BROOKWOOD / SURREY"), the other two taken at his grave site (his cross inscribed "PRIVATE W.J. BIGURSKI / CANADIAN ARMY / 3.1.44"), along with his Medals Award Slip (named to "H-42175, Pte. W.J. BIGURSKI)); along with three Newspaper Clippings.









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