Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Broad Arrow Marked Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard New Items Serial # 409658 with overall

Serial # 409658 with overall good metal finish and most metal proofs still present

telling Cooke to charge whomever had paid for Edward Pellew's knighthood after his successful action

He then became the Commander of the 21st Army Group in North West Europe and took the German Surrender at LUNEBURG HEATHER in Northern Germany in May 1945

Original Items: Only One Group of 9 Available

and there is the expected water stains around the nozzle and wear and staining to the canvas

Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Broad Arrow Marked Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard New Items Serial # 409658 with overallOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of an early "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a blacked brass 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 1943 early 1944. The knives varied somewhat in size, and this example