Original British Vietnam War Era NATO Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Leather Scabbard - Marked Sheffield England - Circa 1960s MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock Low- and medium-velocity cartridges are

Low- and medium-velocity cartridges are used for different hand-held grenade launchers

officers and NCOs were more likely to receive it than junior enlisted soldiers

It is hinged on the top with tabs on the front to help open the case

With the camouflage cover

so this example does not look to have seen major use in service

Original British Vietnam War Era NATO Fairbairn Sykes Fighting Knife with Leather Scabbard - Marked Sheffield England - Circa 1960s MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock Low- and medium-velocity cartridges areOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of a 1970s NATO British Fairbairn Sykes commando dagger, with a blacked 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 copper plated and blacked alloy handles. Unlike many we see, this example is actually maker marked on the underside of the cross guard, though