Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Madsen LMG The cylinder is of a

The cylinder is of a church steeple design and most attractive

Fatch of the 6th Indiana Cavalry Regiment

000 miles across the European Theater

There is a size 55 stamped on the right hand side

According to Heckman’s diary

Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Madsen LMG The cylinder is of aOriginal 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