Original British WWII Third Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard marked Sheffield England Allow PayPal & Amazon Checkout Manufacturer: gzy = Albert Patin

Manufacturer: gzy = Albert Patin

For the 82nd Airborne Division the first part of the Battle of the Bulge had ended

Featuring leather construction with steel round eye brackets encasing brown tint glass lenses with a classic cotton strap one portion of which is elastic and still “stretchy”

this dagger did not belong to him

The Belt is still soft and has most of the black leather finish present

Original British WWII Third Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard marked Sheffield England Allow PayPal & Amazon Checkout Manufacturer: gzy = Albert PatinOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of an early production "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a blacked brass handle and scabbard. As brass was a "strategic material," only the early examples of the third pattern have brass handles, with later war produced models having alloy handles. The handle dates production to late 1943 early 1944. This example comes with a custom leather scabbard, with a belt