Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard DVD Hardware is steel and brass

Hardware is steel and brass

was one of several mortar systems adopted by the French just prior to World War 2 (1939-1945)

This particular Uniform is a Denim 1940 “Austerity” pattern uniform

An outstanding example of a uniform worn by Colonel Plocki

The haft has been shortened for display purposes to 26"

Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard DVD Hardware is steel and brassOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of a late "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with an alloy 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 1944 early 1945. The knives varied somewhat in size, and this example measures