United Kingdom. A Third Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife, By William Rodgers Auction A Period Photograph - 269

A Period Photograph - 269 x 121 mm of Men of a Wehrmacht Machine gun Battalion

(Heeresmunitionsanstalt Priebus Erkennungsmarke)

hallmarked with an anchor (made in Birmingham)

one of the leaders of the First Crusade and first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

United Kingdom. A Third Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife, By William Rodgers Auction A Period Photograph - 269A very well preserved third pattern Fairbairn Sykes fighting knife, measuring 315 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a tapering 165 mm long magnetic steel blade with a dark patina, and with a sharpened tip and edges. The blade sits firmly within a magnetic metal upper crossguard, maker marked on the top WILLIAM RODGERS, SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND. The handle grip is composed of a single piece of ribbed and patinated brass,