Original U.S. WWII Theater Made Fighting Knife Made from 1942 Dated M1 Garand Bayonet with Leather Sheath Japanese Field Gear with the expected wear from

with the expected wear from age and service and one small crack connected to the saddle ring bar

This is the Luftwaffe Waffenfarbe (corps color) for the Air communications corps (Luftnachrichtentruppe)

If you look very carefully you can still see slight traces of these original markings but it is very difficult

I have inspected 15 other examples and found the same

is the marking of government inspector Daniel Rice

Original U.S. WWII Theater Made Fighting Knife Made from 1942 Dated M1 Garand Bayonet with Leather Sheath Japanese Field Gear with the expected wear fromOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent theater made U. S. M1942 bayonet fighting knife which was originally for the M1 Garand Rifle. 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the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets originally made for