Original U.S. WWII M1942 Garand 16 inch Bayonet by Union Fork & Hoe with M3 Scabbard - dated 1942 U.S. Edged Weapons Purple Heart with Oak Leaf

Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

The metalwork bears 95% heavy black finish and all serial numbers appear to match

and four brass feet on the bottom

For its outstanding bombing on December 24 to 27 of the supply and transportation facilities used in reinforcing the great German counter-offensive the Group was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation

some featuring Cassettari in uniform

Original U.S. WWII M1942 Garand 16 inch Bayonet by Union Fork & Hoe with M3 Scabbard - dated 1942 U.S. Edged Weapons Purple Heart with Oak LeafOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice condition U. S. M1942 bayonet for the M1 Garand Rifle, complete with the correct WWII Issue M3 fiberglass scabbard. Technically, this bayonet is considered an M1905 bayonet by the U. S. Army, manufactured in 1942 with plastic ribbed grips. The M1 Garand rifle was designed to take the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets