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<p>[QUOTE="Drew, post: 1317082, member: 3235"]Wanted to know what version of the Fairbairn Sykes fighting knife would have been issued to a U.S. Marine attached to the OSS in 1943. Preliminary research indicates the earliest issue was made in Connecticut in 1941-2, but soon found to be defective, so British made versions were then provided to the OSS - I see type 1, type 2, and type 3 of the English knives. Of course, after the war, many manufactures around the world produced these. Any input is helpful.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]219431[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Drew, post: 1317082, member: 3235"]Wanted to know what version of the Fairbairn Sykes fighting knife would have been issued to a U.S. Marine attached to the OSS in 1943. Preliminary research indicates the earliest issue was made in Connecticut in 1941-2, but soon found to be defective, so British made versions were then provided to the OSS - I see type 1, type 2, and type 3 of the English knives. Of course, after the war, many manufactures around the world produced these. Any input is helpful. [ATTACH=full]219431[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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