Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard- William Rogers, Sheffield Bren LMG various Soviet markings

various Soviet markings

Liner is mostly complete

The main objective of Torch was to seize French Northwest Africa and

Here we have a charming cut glass wine decanter from the 19th century from the regiment's officer's mess with the Britannia cypher and the Regiment's name in scroll beneath

An attempt was made to stay with the assigned task force as the maximum speed obtainable with one engine was 22 knots

Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard- William Rogers, Sheffield Bren LMG various Soviet markingsOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of an early "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a blacked brass handle and original scabbard. As brass was a "strategic material," only the early examples of the third pattern have brass handles, with later war produced models having blacked alloy handles. The handle dates production to late 1943 early 1944. The knives varied somewhat in size, and this example