Original U.S. WWII Murphy Combat Fighting Knife with Cast Aluminum Handle & Scabbard Rear Sight Assembly all of which were were

all of which were were 58 inches long

black wool base indicating a Heer Panzer (army armored) issue award

with MA / 1907 / I above a 3 ' 43 date on the ricasso

and just about all also have captions in white ink

the base cup

Original U.S. WWII Murphy Combat Fighting Knife with Cast Aluminum Handle & Scabbard Rear Sight Assembly all of which were wereOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Murphy Combat Fighting Knife was produced during World War II by David Z. Murphy and his son David M. Murphy. Murphy was a custom knife maker who first came to fame as the maker of the knives sold by the Gerber Legendary Blade Knife Company in 1938. The Murphy fighting knives are often categorized loosely as Theater Knives, even though they were not manufactured in a wartime theater of operations. This is due to