Very rare Australian issued World War II era Fairbairn Sykes knife with scabbard. 300 mm overall with 270 mm polished steel blade. Blued steel cross guard. Brass hilt of ribbed and rope pattern.See Fighting Knives. An Illustrated Guide to Fighting Knives and Military Survival Weapons of the World by F.J. Stephens, numbers 499-501 for illustrations and discussion of these knives). In it’s original brown leather scabbard stamped with D broad arrow D, H.G. Brown 1943, the obverse stamped with broad arrow over HB. A fine example of an Australian issued knife