Original British WWII 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Later Scabbard - Marked Sheffield England Untouched Antique Guns but are still fully legible:

but are still fully legible:

making it a very late war example

The tip does look to have suffered some type of damage

He rallied 40 of his men nearby

when it returned

Original British WWII 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Later Scabbard - Marked Sheffield England Untouched Antique Guns but are still fully legible:Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of a late "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a copper plated 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 copper plated and blacked alloy handles. Unlike many we see, this example is actually maker marked on the underside of the