Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Receiver Top Cover 5 in (110 mm) rocket

5 in (110 mm) rocket projector T3) did not produce anything practical either

and was assigned to Battery I

The stylized "R" indicates that it was some type of reserve unit

with very heavy loss of life

Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard Receiver Top Cover 5 in (110 mm) rocketOriginal 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 11