Original British WWII “Non Import Marked” 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Russian Flags the attack on German Ruhr

the attack on German Ruhr valley dams

partly removed for installation of the "barrel" style cap nipple cone bolster

Output was inspected by a branch of the inspection office at the Birmingham Small Arms plant

Often used by the Mountain Bandits of the Balkans

showing some of the grinding marks close to the ricasso

Original British WWII “Non Import Marked” 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Russian Flags the attack on German RuhrOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of a late "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a black 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 example