Original British Early Post War 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard - Marked Sheffield England Rear Sight Assembly as the marking was deemed

as the marking was deemed superfluous in 1897

Post-war investigations and commissions generated better understanding of the problem of asymptomatic carriers and a series of recommendations that greatly improved military medicine

- One small oval picture attached to a card

Now this is a fantastic grouping belonging to 1st Lieutenant Merle S

• 4 x period photographs of Gerberick in uniform three of which are large 8” x 10” format in rigid cardboard frames and one is a 4 x 5”

Original British Early Post War 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard - Marked Sheffield England Rear Sight Assembly as the marking was deemedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of a late "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a blacked 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 crossguard,