Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard - Broad Arrow Marked Price_$-030 - $50 and both focus diopters functioning

and both focus diopters functioning correctly

with a painted finish in areas for the insignia

Initially only white women were recruited

with a great "service worn" patina

though the Union also had purchasing agents

Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard - Broad Arrow Marked Price_$-030 - $50 and both focus diopters functioningOriginal 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