Catch designs were often unique to the maker
Watch Specifications:Brand: WALTHAMCase Size: 30mmLug Width: 16mmMovement: Waltham 6/0 PREMIER 15-jewel (Hand-winding)Model: A-11Watch Shape: RoundSerial Number: 44-4601Case Color: SilverYear of Manufacture: 1944Face Color: BlackCountry of Manufacture: USA
for manufacture by a Richard Rinker contractor in 1940
The Type 97 had the same principles as most of the fragmentation grenades of the period: a grooved 'pineapple-shaped' segmented body which dispersed sharp pieces of shrapnel when it exploded
There are 40 pictures featured in this album and show various Imperial German encampments as well as trench life
Original U.S. WWII USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by CAMILLUS in Leather Sheath German Afrikakorp Catch designs were often uniqueOriginal Item: Only One Available. The originator of the KA BAR trademark, Union Cutlery Co, began using the name in 1923, having received a letter from a fur trapper who had used the knife to kill a wounded bear which attacked him when his rifle jammed. According to company records, the letter was only partially legible; "ka bar" could be read, as fragments of the phrase "kill a bear". In 1923, the company adopted the name Ka Bar from the "bear
