Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Broad Arrow Marked Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Japanese Holsters he was very much in

he was very much in the swashbuckling mold of most of the original parachute regimental commanders

Former owner was a USMC veteran and painted it to match a jeep for the legendary 2nd Marine Division

rugged canvas sleeping bags

economic interests there

Serial number 一二五六 (1256)

Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Broad Arrow Marked Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Japanese Holsters he was very much inOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of an early "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a blacked brass 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