Original British WWII Early Third Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with FR271 Scabbard - Broad Arrow Marked Russian Ordnance with case hardening visible in

with case hardening visible in areas

with some areas of light peppering The top of the barrel engraving is clear:

with a few areas at the corners where it has flaked off

This is regarded as the first of the true issued Springfield Armory edged weapons

350 in November 1917 and by an Admiralty Fleet Order in 1918

Original British WWII Early Third Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with FR271 Scabbard - Broad Arrow Marked Russian Ordnance with case hardening visible inOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent example of an early "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a Copper coated 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 alloy handles. The handle dates production to late 1943 early 1944. The knives varied somewhat in size, and this example