Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife Italian Flags and is offered in complete

and is offered in complete unmodified condition

and a lot of the factory finish present

the later date commemorating the close of the war and the founding of the order

POWs received instructions to be ready to evacuate the camp at 08:00 hours the following morning

The choice of blade length was left to the purchaser

Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife Italian Flags and is offered in completeOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of a late "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a blackened brass handle. 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 1943 early 1944. The knives varied somewhat in size, and this example measures 11 3 8", with a