Original British WWII 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Antique Gun Parts executed by the then PRINCE

executed by the then PRINCE OF WALES

The grip wrapping shows a lot of dirt and oil worked into the wrappings

It measures approximately 28 inches long by 11" tall by 9" wide

During the second half of 1943

Japan returned to being essentially a closed society

Original British WWII 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Antique Gun Parts executed by the then PRINCEOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of a late "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a bronze colored 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