Original U.S. WWII USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by CAMILLUS in Leather Sheath Books & Films This helmet is heat lot

This helmet is heat lot stamped 726C which indicates the approximate manufacture date of December 1943

part of 29th Independent Infantry Brigade Group which was training in amphibious operations to take part in Operation Ironclad

On 30 January 1968

just over a month after the Armistice with Germany

Original U.S. WWII USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by CAMILLUS in Leather Sheath Books & Films This helmet is heat lotOriginal 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