Original U.S. WWII Murphy Combat Fighting Knife with Cast Aluminum Handle & Scabbard Flintlocks the fuse body construction was

the fuse body construction was changed from brass to aluminum and the locking feature simplified from a crimped steel leaf spring to a brazed brass wire

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It also has the interesting Eagle over a "Tree inside Inverted Heart" stamping

This was more than likely done for parade or display purposes post WWII

Original U.S. WWII Murphy Combat Fighting Knife with Cast Aluminum Handle & Scabbard Flintlocks the fuse body construction wasOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Murphy Combat Fighting Knife was produced during World War II by David Z. Murphy and his son David M. Murphy. Murphy was a custom knife maker who first came to fame as the maker of the knives sold by the Gerber Legendary Blade Knife Company in 1938. The Murphy fighting knives are often categorized loosely as Theater Knives, even though they were not manufactured in a wartime theater of operations. This is due to