Original Scarce Australian WWII 15” Machete with Plastic Handles and Canvas Sheath - Dated 1944 Manufacture Type_Original Items but using a 16X magnifier

but using a 16X magnifier

so we cannot see them

This is basically a pitcher

serving as a scout plane pilot with Lexington's Scouting Squadron 2 (flying the SBD Dauntless)

with wear to the leather and hardware

Original Scarce Australian WWII 15” Machete with Plastic Handles and Canvas Sheath - Dated 1944 Manufacture Type_Original Items but using a 16X magnifierOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely "salty" service used example of a WWII Australian Issue Machete, often referred to as a Machete 15 Inch in Australian Army parlance. Correctly marked with a DD "Broad arrow" and dated 1945, these machetes are quite difficult to find on this side of the globe, especially with the original canvas scabbard. This machete is blade marked faintly with D (Broad Arrow) D with DC 44 underneath. The DC is the