Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard French Flags extensive surviving uniform components

extensive surviving uniform components

with the number 55 stamped above it

Bother zipper sides are intact and appear complete but the zipper pull is missing

Original Item: Just released from Ministry of Defense stores

Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard French Flags extensive surviving uniform componentsOriginal 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