Original Italian WWII M.V.S.N. Fascist Militia Blackshirts 2nd Pattern Fighting Dagger with Scabbard British Machine Guns this is the Original Grand

this is the Original Grand Daddy of all modern combat knives

In cold weather the pelisse could be worn over the dolman

This example is marked on the bottom of the stock cup fitting that attaches to the rear receiver with cos 45

As there had been French forces in the area

Gordon served during the great war with the  304th Machine Gun Battalion

Original Italian WWII M.V.S.N. Fascist Militia Blackshirts 2nd Pattern Fighting Dagger with Scabbard British Machine Guns this is the Original GrandOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza NSDAPonale (MVSN, "Voluntary Militia for National Security"), commonly called the Blackshirts, was originally the paramilitary wing of the National Fascist Party and, after 1923, an all volunteer militia of the Kingdom of Italy under Fascist rule. Its members were distinguished by their black uniforms (modelled on those of the Arditi, Italy's elite troops of World War I) and