Original British WWII Second Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife Blade-Marked by Wilkinson with Sheath British Documents & Books Many of the small parts

Many of the small parts of the revolver are also marked with assembly number M/57

This is a very nice service used example of an original trench fighting knife (kampfmesser) as used by the Germans in WWI

which had replaced the traditional rose madder

The right side has the full maker information clearly stamped:

Additionally the right side of the receiver is very faintly dated 1941 next to a small Rheinmtall Borsig logo and Weimar style Waffenamt Eagle

Original British WWII Second Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife Blade-Marked by Wilkinson with Sheath British Documents & Books Many of the small partsOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is one of the rarest most sought after versions of the Fairbairn Sykes fighting knives. Featuring a brass handle, blackened blade, without any export markings, this example is one of the very scarce blade marked second pattern Wilkinson variants, with the Wilkinson company logo on one side of the blade and The F S Fighting Knife on the reverse. Until 1942 Wilkinson Sword had been the only company which produced