Original U.S. WWII Cut Down M1913 “Patton” Saber Fighting Knife by the Anderson Knife Company of Glendale, California with Leather Sheath Category_MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets the 488th returned to Naples

the 488th returned to Naples for the loading of ships and trips to Anzio

Canteen is marked “Vollrath/- 1945”

and a pall of spent gun powder hung low to obscure the terrain

The steel scabbard is a typical "Ersatz" (Replacement) design

but still makes for a wonderful research opportunity

Original U.S. WWII Cut Down M1913 “Patton” Saber Fighting Knife by the Anderson Knife Company of Glendale, California with Leather Sheath Category_MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets the 488th returned to NaplesOriginal Item: Only One Available. During WW2 the need for fighting knives was so great that many private makers geared up to equip America's fighting men. Tom Anderson of Glendale, California took advantage of the government's release of quality blade steel in the form of the old M 1913 "Patton" cavalry sabers to make high quality private purchase fighting knives. Each Patton saber would yield three usable sections of high quality blade steel, to