Original U.S. WWII Named Murphy “Jr” Combat Fighting Knife with Cast Aluminum Handle & Scabbard - Fred Ream Historical Military Books He accepted the Japanese surrender

He accepted the Japanese surrender "for the United States

here is what we can make out:

The pistol was made in the Belgian Gunmaking city of Liège

after the Fall of France during World War II led to the formation of the Vichy government

Original U.S. WWII Named Murphy “Jr” Combat Fighting Knife with Cast Aluminum Handle & Scabbard - Fred Ream Historical Military Books He accepted the Japanese surrenderOriginal 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