United Kingdom. A Third Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife, By William Rodgers GTRexclude in cupro-nickel

in cupro-nickel

In white and light brown embroidery

with Chinese characters on reverse

one with its horizontal pinback broken off

A North Atlantic Treaty Organization Former Yugoslavia Service Medal -  Bronze gilt

United Kingdom. A Third Pattern Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife, By William Rodgers GTRexclude in cupro-nickelA 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,