Commando Fighting Knife : Lieutenant R A Littlejohn

Whittingslowe Fighting Knife. Light weight commando dagger featuring double edged spear point, flattened oval crossguard and cast alloy ribbed hilt. The knife is very similar to the British Fairbairn-Sykes commando knife but differs in having a pronounced ricasso, the point of the blade tapers less dramatically than the Fairbairn-Sykes type, and the hilt has a rounded pommel. One side of the ricasso is stamped D^D / WE; the reverse is stamped 1^.

Associated with the service of NX77259 Lieutenant Richard A Littlejohn, who served with the 56th Militia Battalion during the 1930s, later transferring to the Commandos. Littlejohn initially trained with 1 Independent Cavalry (Commando) Squadron and later served with 2/7 Australian Cavalry Commando Regiment.