Original U.S. WWII USAAF Case XX Airmen's Folding Survival Machete with Rare Blade Guard Russian Headgear The wrist and forend both

The wrist and forend both have rawhide wraps and there is a third near the muzzle decorated with beads and two suspended feathers

This is a fantastic USGI bring back grouping from the European theater of WWII

along with his childhood friend Kenneth Green

there is a row of 5 going vertically

It appears this French Mortar has had various markings and dates removed which was common practice when captured weapons were shipped to Nepal by International arms dealers in order to disguise a weapon's origin in the hope of repeat orders going back to the initial supplier

Original U.S. WWII USAAF Case XX Airmen's Folding Survival Machete with Rare Blade Guard Russian Headgear The wrist and forend bothOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1942, the U. S. Army Air Force adopted a Folding Machete for use in the B 2 and B 4 Bail out kits. This machete was designed to replace the Model 18 Collins machete, which took up a lot of space in the emergency kits. The folding machete is only 11 inches long when folded up. Case, Camillus, and Cattaraugus were the 3 maker contracted by the USAAF to manufacture these folding machetes. This example is marked on