Original U.S. WWII M3 Fighting Knife with Removed Markings in Leather Scabbard Brunswick Guns after less than four hours'

after less than four hours' sleep

and as usual after a big day

The new system of web gear and pack was called the Load-Carrying Equipment (M-1956)

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Original U.S. WWII M3 Fighting Knife with Removed Markings in Leather Scabbard Brunswick Guns after less than four hours'Original Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice service used example of a WWII M3 U. S. fighting knife, which for some reason had the original maker markings on the blade ground away. Close inspection of the blade shows that there is still the remains of a number 3 close to the start of the upper edge, which originally would have been the end of a "1943" date. This means that this was originally an example of the scarce 1st pattern of the M3