Original U.S. WWII 1st Infantry Division Brass Miniature M1 Bayonet - USGI Souvenir Trench Art Antique Percussion Firearms At the Battle of Raseiniai

At the Battle of Raseiniai two of its Kampfgruppes consisted of:

The liner unfortunately is not in as good condition

the base soon came to be called "The Rose Garden" after the song by Miss Lynn Anderson and the Marine recruiting campaign based on it saying "We never promised you a Rose Garden"

as opposed to the standard fullered types usually used by France

We just had to hold this for St

Original U.S. WWII 1st Infantry Division Brass Miniature M1 Bayonet - USGI Souvenir Trench Art Antique Percussion Firearms At the Battle of RaseiniaiOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a World War Two souvenir for a solider assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, 18th Infantry Regiment. This is an all brass miniature M1 Grand bayonet (letter opener) with the Big Red One insignia in one grip panel and the crossed rifles with 18 on the other grip panel. The blade is engraved on both sides with the following: (Side 1) Algeria, Tunisia, Sicily (Side 2) France, Belgium, Germany, Czechoslovakia,