Original British WWII Service Worn 3rd Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Alloy Handle Napoleonic and other parts

and other parts

It is visually distinctive because of a wide tubular cooling shroud around the barrel — often omitted in World War I when used on aircraft — and a top-mounted drum-pan magazine

Complete with original leather sweatband and green lining including the original leather chinstrap

It could be PV of London or something similar

On 20 July 1934

Original British WWII Service Worn 3rd Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with Alloy Handle Napoleonic and other partsOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an good service worn example of the standard "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with the later type alloy handle. 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 somewhere between mid 1944 and the end of the war. The knives varied somewhat in size, and