Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Receiver Top Cover The case hardening on the

The case hardening on the fittings looks to have been refreshed a bit

which came to us out of an old collection

with very heavy loss of life

The stylized "R" indicates that it was some type of reserve unit

Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Receiver Top Cover The case hardening on theOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of a late "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with an 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 measures 11