Original British WWII Early Third Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with FR271 Scabbard - Broad Arrow Marked Russian Ordnance a round patch which has

a round patch which has a three armed blue spiral on a yellow background

with case hardening visible in areas

350 in November 1917 and by an Admiralty Fleet Order in 1918

At twilight the battalions took up rough perimeters and halted for the night

Original British WWII Early Third Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife with FR271 Scabbard - Broad Arrow Marked Russian Ordnance a round patch which hasOriginal 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