Original British WWII Early Third Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with FR271 Scabbard - Broad Arrow Marked MG 08-15 Maxim Despite heavy artillery fire

Despite heavy artillery fire

with a bright blade that shows signs of past pitting

dated 1917

and a fully functional TALON zipper

It carried out indoctrination with a message of Italian-ness and Fascism

Original British WWII Early Third Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with FR271 Scabbard - Broad Arrow Marked MG 08-15 Maxim Despite heavy artillery fireOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent example of an early "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a Copper coated alloy 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 alloy handles. The handle dates production to late 1943 early 1944. The knives varied somewhat in size, and this example