Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard marked SHEFFIELD ENGLAND MG 08-15 Maxim and part of this status

and part of this status is due to its use of a revolutionary bolt design originally developed by the Czechoslovakians

The states of Kentucky and Illinois purchased 2000 for their state militias

1944 in a mission to bomb oil refineries around Ploiești

It is fortunate that they were reunited after what would appear to be many years

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Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard marked SHEFFIELD ENGLAND MG 08-15 Maxim and part of this statusOriginal 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",