Original U.S. Vietnam War Private Purchase Parsons “M-7” Brass Handle Knuckle Knife German Flags Serial number 80183 is present

Serial number 80183 is present on the barrel

luminous discs where issued to American paratroopers so they could be identified easily by friendly troops

though it does have some tearing and staining from wear

with stamped brass hardware

A very rare Carbine

Original U.S. Vietnam War Private Purchase Parsons “M-7” Brass Handle Knuckle Knife German Flags Serial number 80183 is presentOriginal Item: One of a Kind. The Parsons Knuckle Knife, hardened back to the Trench Warfare of World War I. Erroneously named The M 7, its story is unique. Many Cutlery Makers were competing for Government Contracts in the early 1960s, to supply the Army with fighting and survival knives. The small Kentucky Knife Makers, Parson Cutlery put their version into consideration. The knife was designed in part on the current bayonet issue for The M 16