Original U.S. WWII 1943 dated Blade Marked M3 Fighting Knife by CASE with M8 Scabbard French & Indian War and the non-metallic cockarde plume

and the non-metallic cockarde plume is fresh and bright

and the No 70 was cancelled

[In December 1914 a squadron of 10 Ilya Muromets bombers was formed and used against the German and Austro-Hungarian armies

and cleaning marks on the blade towards the tip

Original U.S. WWII 1943 dated Blade Marked M3 Fighting Knife by CASE with M8 Scabbard French & Indian War and the non-metallic cockarde plumeOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of a WWII M3 U. S. fighting knife, made by the desirable maker, W. R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co. It comes complete in the correct M8 scabbard, which was updated during the war to the M8A1 standard. These fighting knives were preferred by American infantry during World War Two for hand to hand combat. This knife is early production, indicated by the maker information being stamped directly on