Original French WWII Era Senegalese Tirailleurs Type Entrenching Machete with Leather Scabbard MG 42 Mounts There were Marine ships' detachments

There were Marine ships' detachments aboard the USS Arizona

which has become brittle in some areas and the tip of the blade sticks out through the bottom

The "Naga" character has only two horizontal strokes at the top

Art Mendoza

Wakizashi (脇差 "companion sword" or "side inserted sword") is a general term for a sword between one and two shaku long (30 cm and 60 cm)

Original French WWII Era Senegalese Tirailleurs Type Entrenching Machete with Leather Scabbard MG 42 Mounts There were Marine ships' detachmentsOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice WWII Era French Coupe short entrenching machete, as used by the Tirailleurs Sngalais (Senegalese Colonial Troops) for the first half of the 20th century. These were first introduced in 1898, and continued to be produced and used up through WWII. They were even reissued as late as the 1960s, and examples saw service during the Indochina Wars. Early versions were maker marked on the blade, but by