For over a century, the old naval cutlass had hung in the hall of the French chateau along with many other relics of past wars. But this weapon was different from the rest — it was British, made of British steel, only ever wielded in wartime by British hands. How it had come to be in France was a strange tale…

But even stranger were the events yet to befall it, as the Second World War erupted across Europe and once again British shores were threatened.

Story: CG Walker

Art: Carmona

Cover: Jeff Bevan