Original U.S. WWII Italian-Made M1918 Trench Knife Style Brass Knuckle Trench Knife with Blade Similar to M.V.S.N. Fighting Dagger & Recycled WWI Austro-Hungarian WWI Trench Knife Scabbard Original Machine Guns - Enamel pin back 17th

- Enamel pin back 17th Airborne Distinctive Unit Insignias (DIs)

likely done for display and so that the underside of the taps could still be examined

which look to be stands of arms

This sealed never opened kit is serial number 1515

Above this is a set of Sterling Paratrooper wings

Original U.S. WWII Italian-Made M1918 Trench Knife Style Brass Knuckle Trench Knife with Blade Similar to M.V.S.N. Fighting Dagger & Recycled WWI Austro-Hungarian WWI Trench Knife Scabbard Original Machine Guns - Enamel pin back 17thOriginal Item: Only One Available. Trench knives, also called knuckle knives, were created to use in close quarters combat, during WWI, when the fighting was taking place primarily in the trenches. They became important weapons in a style of warfare that depended on overtaking an enemys trench line. Both the Allied and Axis forces continued to use them during WWII and improved on the original design as seen here. This is a very interesting theater