United States of America - WW2 US Army Indian Scout Motorcycle official technical handbook - US Army Motorcycle - technical details / plates - 1941
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United States of America - WW2 US / Allied Commando Hand-to-Hand Fighting handbook "Get Tough" - Commando Knife - by Major W.E. Fairbairn-Sykes - MI6 - OSS - named - 1942
VERY RARE book ''Get Tough'', Hand-to-hand fighting, as taught to the British Commandos by Captain W.E, Fairbairn. Extremely nice OSS-MI6 related handbook. . It was printed in 1942. The book is in certainly issued condition as it was named to a soldier (pvt Jerome Borkowski, and his service number, on both the cover and the first page, and also includes his unit. See attached digital screenshot for more information about thim). Please see attached photo's for a good impression. Overall a great book.
Fairbairn was a British Royal Marine officer. He developed hand-to-hand combat methods for the allied special forces during World War II. He developed innovative pistol shooting and fighting techniques and the development of the Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife.
During WW2, he was recruited by the British Secret Service as an Army officer. Together with fellow close-combat instructor Sykes, Fairbairn was commissioned on the General List in 1941. He trained British, American and Canadian Commando and No. 2 Dutch Troop 10th Inter-Allied Commando forces, along with Ranger candidates in close-combat, pistol-shooting and knife-fighting techniques.
Nr. 84633257
Verkocht
United States of America - WW2 US / Allied Commando Hand-to-Hand Fighting handbook "Get Tough" - Commando Knife - by Major W.E. Fairbairn-Sykes - MI6 - OSS - named - 1942
VERY RARE book ''Get Tough'', Hand-to-hand fighting, as taught to the British Commandos by Captain W.E, Fairbairn. Extremely nice OSS-MI6 related handbook. . It was printed in 1942. The book is in certainly issued condition as it was named to a soldier (pvt Jerome Borkowski, and his service number, on both the cover and the first page, and also includes his unit. See attached digital screenshot for more information about thim). Please see attached photo's for a good impression. Overall a great book.
Fairbairn was a British Royal Marine officer. He developed hand-to-hand combat methods for the allied special forces during World War II. He developed innovative pistol shooting and fighting techniques and the development of the Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife.
During WW2, he was recruited by the British Secret Service as an Army officer. Together with fellow close-combat instructor Sykes, Fairbairn was commissioned on the General List in 1941. He trained British, American and Canadian Commando and No. 2 Dutch Troop 10th Inter-Allied Commando forces, along with Ranger candidates in close-combat, pistol-shooting and knife-fighting techniques.
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