Original U.S. WWII USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife With Leather Sheath - Marked with Laundry Number ERA indicating production in 1944

indicating production in 1944

This maker marked both their initials and their Präsidialkanzlei des Führers Lieferant (Presidential Chancellery Supplier) number

It could however be nickel plated brass

On the other side cast into the Bell with raised letters reads-

Original U.S. WWII USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife With Leather Sheath - Marked with Laundry Number ERA indicating production in 1944Original Item: Only One Available. The originator of the KA BAR trademark, Union Cutlery Co, began using the name in 1923, having received a letter from a fur trapper who had used the knife to kill a wounded bear which attacked him when his rifle jammed. According to company records, the letter was only partially legible; "ka bar" could be read, as fragments of the phrase "kill a bear". In 1923, the company adopted the name Ka Bar from the "bear