Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife Italian Flags It is now stiff and

It is now stiff and has some tearing due to sweat and age

being made during WWI for the M1903 Springfield rifle

Early service in the Mediterranean and American Revolutionary War

300 were produced by the end of the war in 1945

Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife Italian Flags It is now stiff andOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of a late "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a blackened brass handle. 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 measures 11 3 8", with a