Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Broad Arrow Marked Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Military Awards Medals Badges Insignia The back action lock was

The back action lock was a later

While the RPD began production in 1944 this example is almost most likely a post WWII RPD Soviet Machine gun

where the rivets and stitching have torn out

most likely when it was taken out of service

Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Broad Arrow Marked Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Military Awards Medals Badges Insignia The back action lock wasOriginal 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