Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard - Broad Arrow B2 Marked Availability_Both Army Order 194 of June

Army Order 194 of June 1917 reads “The effects of corrosion of ammunition are even more serious than the direct effects of gas upon the arms themselves

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There is a lot of verdigris buildup around the brass fittings

Dean Gildersleeve chaired the Advisory Educational Council which had earlier recommended to the Navy the selection of Lieutenant Commander Mildred McAfee

The brass alloy hilt still has a good degree of the original gilded finish

Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard - Broad Arrow B2 Marked Availability_Both Army Order 194 of JuneOriginal 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 blacked alloy handles. The handle dates production to late 1944 early 1945. The knives varied somewhat in size, and this example