Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard & Period-Replaced Securing Strap British Artwork & Posters The liner is a late

The liner is a late 1950s-Early 1960s Westinghouse produced version with the webbing suspension system being identical to the WWII version

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Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard & Period-Replaced Securing Strap British Artwork & Posters The liner is a lateOriginal 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 11