Original U.S. WWII M1942 Garand Rifle 16 inch Bayonet by PAL with M3 Scabbard - dated 1942 Japanese Guns & Ordnance M4 UTICA on underside of

M4 UTICA on underside of hand guard

Riveted to the head there is an old brass plaque stating:-

Appears to be complete and totally unissued

when he returned to his homeland to work as the chief American engineer building a tractor plant in Stalingrad

The Model B still used the original barrel but replaced the rear couple of inches with a fresh percussion section

Original U.S. WWII M1942 Garand Rifle 16 inch Bayonet by PAL with M3 Scabbard - dated 1942 Japanese Guns & Ordnance M4 UTICA on underside ofOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice condition U. S. M1942 bayonet for the M1 Garand Rifle, complete with the correct WWII Issue M3 fiberglass scabbard. Technically, this bayonet is considered an M1905 bayonet by the U. S. Army, manufactured in 1942 with plastic ribbed grips. The M1 Garand rifle was designed to take the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets