Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard French Flags over the mountains

over the mountains

It comes with a yellow Cavalry hat cord and still retains the leather chinstrap

then commanded by Colonel Julius Penn

extensive surviving uniform components

commander of the 1st Cavalry Division

Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard French Flags over the mountainsOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a good example of a late "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a brass 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 knives varied somewhat in size, and this example measures 11 3 8", with a 6 1 2 inch blade. This example comes