Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Martini-Henry Bayonets The spine of the grip

The spine of the grip is recessed and struck into the alloy is: VIETNAM 1968

and foreign military

At this station the division was alerted for overseas movement and staged at Camp Kilmer

The lock is of quality and fully operational

Disgruntled at his treatment

Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Martini-Henry Bayonets The spine of the gripOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of a late "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a black colored 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 1943 early 1944. The knives varied somewhat in size, and this example