Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Russian Issue Equipment Immediately after World War II

Immediately after World War II the cheaper "blue patrols" were worn for several years as mess dress

Both badges are numbered 1076

The design was quickly replicated in 1917 by the German army with the Rifle grenade M1917 ('Karabingranate 1917')

The brass mounted and riveted substantial

un-cleaned other than to read the maker's name this retains all the dirt

Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Russian Issue Equipment Immediately after World War IIOriginal 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