Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Martini-Henry Bayonets The nickel plating on the

The nickel plating on the trigger guard is almost completely gone

Front cover features a silver embossed Meine Dienstzeit (My Service Time) and Luftwaffe Eagle cap badge with silver corner tabs replacing the Swas

and foreign military

Approximate Dimensions:Blade Length: 35 ¼”Blade Style: Single Edged Curved Saber with Wide FullerOverall length: 41“Basket dimensions: 5" width x 5” lengthScabbard length: 36 ½”

born 1728 also JOHANN GEORG ERTTEL who eventually died in 1794

Original British WWII Early 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Martini-Henry Bayonets The nickel plating on theOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of a late "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a black colored 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 blacked alloy handles. The handle dates production to late 1943 early 1944. The knives varied somewhat in size, and this example