Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard marked SHEFFIELD ENGLAND British Uniform The scabbard is held by

The scabbard is held by a very nice original brown leather frog

and proper painted lettering

Arriving in the European Theatre

By 1885 the Imperial Japanese Army consisted of seven divisions

End-Zone Twill was used as trim on major stress and heavy-wear areas of the lining

Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard marked SHEFFIELD ENGLAND British Uniform The scabbard is held byOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent example of an early "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a blacked brass handle and scabbard. As brass was a "strategic material," only the early examples of the third pattern have brass handles, with later war produced models having alloy handles. The handle dates production to late 1943 early 1944. The knives varied somewhat in size, and this example measures 11 5 8",