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Middle Eastern Deathhead Commando Knife

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 12:31 am
by HeboAndy
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During WW2 Sir Winston Churchill Started putting together commando units, in different parts of the Theater of the war. One of the units was the Middle East commandos. This unit was made up of men from Israel and Palestine, which is just about as strange as the knuckle knife that the adopted as their carry knife. This knife that I have is unusual in it having matching serial Numbers and a makers mark. From what I understand is most of these Knifes are unmarked. There are a bunch of copies made with a different shape blade, the copies were made for gifts for a vary large Indian wedding, in the 1970s, I think 70s.

Re: Middle Eastern Deathhead Commando Knife

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 1:05 am
by New_Windsor_NY
HeboAndy wrote: Sun Jan 14, 2024 12:31 am During.....
Maybe, just maybe, more appropriate to post it here?
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Re: Middle Eastern Deathhead Commando Knife

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 1:25 am
by QTCut5
Glad it was posted here in "General..." because if it had only been posted in the sub-forum for military knives, I likely wouldn't have seen it since I almost never look at that forum.

Perhaps a better suggestion would be that it would be appropriate to post in the military knives sub-forum ALSO.

Re: Middle Eastern Deathhead Commando Knife

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 1:32 am
by QTCut5
HeboAndy wrote: Sun Jan 14, 2024 12:31 am This knife that I have is unusual in it having matching serial Numbers
What does the serial number 5081 on the knife handle match up with? Is the scabbard also serial numbered? ::shrug::

Re: Middle Eastern Deathhead Commando Knife

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 1:45 am
by HeboAndy
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In the second pic down the SR # is next to the sheath keeper strap.

Re: Middle Eastern Deathhead Commando Knife

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 1:57 am
by QTCut5
Very cool! 8) ::tu:: Great pick up ::tu::

Re: Middle Eastern Deathhead Commando Knife

Posted: Sun Jan 14, 2024 4:07 am
by QTCut5
Looks like the OP got taken out of General Knife Discussion and put into Military Related Knives And Tools. Seems odd; are there rules about what types of knives are or are not allowed in the General discussion forum? :?

Re: Middle Eastern Deathhead Commando Knife

Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2024 3:02 am
by Rockingkj
Here is the Knife made in 1950. Jodhpur
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Re: Middle Eastern Deathhead Commando Knife

Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 5:15 pm
by beatsthestockmarket
That's one I don't see every day.

Here's a quote I found:
This knife was made to commemorate the splendid wedding of 19-year-old Prince Karam Singh, heir to the Maharaja of Kashmir and 16-year-old Princess Yashorajya Lakshmi, the doe-eyed granddaughter of the hereditary Premier of Nepal on April 22nd, 1950.

Now how many commemorative commando knives, do you see made to celebrate a wedding?

You wouldn't dare forget your wedding anniversary.

Re: Middle Eastern Deathhead Commando Knife

Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2024 6:49 pm
by HeboAndy
Thanks Rockingkj, and Beatsthestockmarket, for the Pics and info on the commemorative commando knife, from 1950 not the 70s.