Original U.S. WWII Fighting Knife by Williams Cutlery Co. with Original Sheath British Machine Guns size and date as follows:

size and date as follows:

and Various areas in Europe

Year of Manufacture: 1867

All in all a nice nickel plated example of the very rare M1884/94 II Sawback Bayonet of WWI

but the amount of thought put into the concept is astounding

Original U.S. WWII Fighting Knife by Williams Cutlery Co. with Original Sheath British Machine Guns size and date as follows:Original Item: One of a kind. A combat knife is a fighting knife designed solely for military use and primarily intended for hand to hand or close combat fighting. Since the end of trench warfare, most military combat knives have been secondarily designed for utility use (clearing foliage, chopping branches for cover, opening ammunition crates, etc.) in addition to their original role as close quarter combat weapons, and may be referred to as