Original British WWII Second Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife Blade-Marked by Wilkinson with Sheath British Documents & Books military service rifle

military service rifle

“Some of our boys would take a pair of wire cutters and get the gold from their teeth”

This is a very nice service used example of an original trench fighting knife (kampfmesser) as used by the Germans in WWI

Faintly embossed US on outer flap

Original British WWII Second Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife Blade-Marked by Wilkinson with Sheath British Documents & Books military service rifleOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is one of the rarest most sought after versions of the Fairbairn Sykes fighting knives. Featuring a brass handle, blackened blade, without any export markings, this example is one of the very scarce blade marked second pattern Wilkinson variants, with the Wilkinson company logo on one side of the blade and The F S Fighting Knife on the reverse. Until 1942 Wilkinson Sword had been the only company which produced