AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING SUBMARINER'S PRESENTATION SWORD, 1941
of GRVI regulation pattern with 32in. etched steel blade, gilt-brass half-basket hilt inscribed on the thumb-piece C.A. Dawes, RN, bullion cord and tassel, contained within regulation scabbard of issue inscribed to top Presented by the Officers & Men of H.M. Submarine "TIGRIS", February 1941 -- 38in. (97cm.) overall

The 'T' Class submarine Tigris was launched shortly after War broke out in October 1939 at Chatham Dockyard. She enjoyed a busy career and sank a number of Axis merchantmen (including the Norwegian Richard With which was lost with 101 Norwegian lives) and the Italian submarine Michele Bianchi. She left Malta on 18th February 1943 and was last sighted on the 24th and believed to have been sunk in a depth charge attack on the 27th by the German submarine chaser UJ2210. C.A. Dawe was an engineering officer aboard Tigris who achieved seniority on 1st February 1941 - his shipmates giving him this sword. By December that year he had transferred to Sturgeon and two years later was located at the Scottish submarine base Ambrose in Dundee, home of the 2nd/9th Submarine Flotillas.

++Excellent condition overall with bright blade and fresh-looking gilt hilt.
Minor spotting along 2in. section of leading edge at top of etched area.