Original British WWII Third Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard marked Sheffield England U.S. Flags and then was deemed worn

and then was deemed worn or obsolete

- Rectangular chin strap bales (post war were trapezoidal)

without letting up materially in its attack on Italian targets

The quality of workmanship

this will not last long

Original British WWII Third Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard marked Sheffield England U.S. Flags and then was deemed wornOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of an early production "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a blacked brass handle and scabbard. As brass was a "strategic material," only the early examples of the third pattern have brass handles, with later war produced models having alloy handles. The handle dates production to late 1943 early 1944. This example comes with a custom leather scabbard, with a belt