Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard - Broad Arrow Marked Spade Grip Assembly which was the predecessor of

which was the predecessor of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich

but we can still see that the maker was Heinrich Siebert

There is no splitting along the seam

The pants are in similar slightly worn condition with minor moth nips and no major damage

One of the two metal loops which attached it to the bucket is gone

Original British WWII Import Marked 3rd Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Scabbard - Broad Arrow Marked Spade Grip Assembly which was the predecessor ofOriginal 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