Original U.S. WWII Theater Made Fighting Knife with Texas Themed Leather Scabbard dated 1943 Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock This stamped steel helmet still

This stamped steel helmet still retains a lot of the original mid-war darker blue "Feldgrau" paint

complete with extending Sun Shade

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with a 5 3/4" drop-point dagger blade and an overall length of 10 inches

which is now absent

Original U.S. WWII Theater Made Fighting Knife with Texas Themed Leather Scabbard dated 1943 Category_MG 34 Buffer & Butt Stock This stamped steel helmet stillOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a wonderful U. S. WWII "Theater Made" fighting knife, 11 1 2 inches in length, with an 6 1 4 inch steel clip point blade. These knives were made by the armorers and engineers, usually in the Pacific theater. The large capital ships needed to have skilled fabricators on board to make repairs and modifications to weapons and gear. Usually the blades were made from existing weapons or from steel components, and