Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Russian Army Feed System: Top Break with

Feed System: Top Break with Side Lever

was one of the fire-support battlewagons

The buckle closure at the front is fully functional

This example retains none of the original paint on the explosive head

having recently reached adulthood

Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Russian Army Feed System: Top Break withOriginal 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