Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Russian Army or Manufactured in Naples

or Manufactured in Naples

This example retains none of the original paint on the explosive head

The angle of the pommel is also very strange

as is required for this Pattern

With the approval of the British Prime Minister

Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Russian Army or Manufactured in NaplesOriginal 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 11