Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Russian Issue Equipment though we do not know

though we do not know if they are original

Both badges are numbered 1076

un-cleaned other than to read the maker's name this retains all the dirt

prior to First Manassas

Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Russian Issue Equipment though we do not knowOriginal 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