Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard & Period-Replaced Securing Strap British Artwork & Posters and students mobilized to punish

and students mobilized to punish those found selling

(“Comforts” were scarves

this is a most attractive instrument that still gives a good image

which unfortunately has a good amount of white zinc an orange steel corrosion

The hilt is stamped with USMC but there is no name present on the knife or sheath

Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard & Period-Replaced Securing Strap British Artwork & Posters and students mobilized to punishOriginal 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