Original British Early Post War 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife - Marked Sheffield England British Artwork & Posters The Government of Cuba consents

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which have made it very faint

The original chin strap is mostly missing

The knife is equipped with lovely "jigged bone" type grip plates

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Original British Early Post War 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife - Marked Sheffield England British Artwork & Posters The Government of Cuba consentsOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of a late "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a copper plated 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 copper plated and blacked alloy handles. Unlike many we see, this example is actually maker marked on the underside of the