Original U.S. WWII Blade Marked M3 Fighting Knife by CASE with 1943 Dated M6 Scabbard by MILSCO Category_Water Jacket Assembly spoon and pin

spoon and pin

The Flaming Bomb insignia is well-documented as having been worn by the Austrian Rural Gendarmerie

while the arbor pin is unmarked

Up to 1944

At first sight

Original U.S. WWII Blade Marked M3 Fighting Knife by CASE with 1943 Dated M6 Scabbard by MILSCO Category_Water Jacket Assembly spoon and pinOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a good example of the WWII M3 U. S. fighting knife, made by the very rare and desirable maker, Case & Sons Cutlery Co. It comes complete in an M6 leather scabbard. These fighting knives were preferred by American infantry during World War Two for hand to hand combat. With the marking, this is the desirable "2nd Pattern", which replaced the 1st Pattern with the marking and date on the blade. This was