Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts The rifle has overall very

The rifle has overall very good metal finish and all metal proofs still present

along with some minor scuffs and dings

An article in his local newspaper 65 years after the end of WWI Reads:

for Steinhauer & Lück of Lüdenscheid

The other chappe is a blank shield and would often be used for the officer to add a monogram

Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Gahendra Martini Rifles & Parts The rifle has overall veryOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of a late "Third Pattern" British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with an 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 1944 early 1945. The knives varied somewhat in size, and this example measures