Original U.S. WWII M3 Fighting Knife by IMPERIAL Knife Co. with Updated M8 Scabbard Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts Unusual and extremely decorative

Unusual and extremely decorative

This matches the painted number on the dated side of the tang

who continued to use the Weimar style eagle throughout the war

then I eventually got home

this is a wonderful condition Japanese Katana

Original U.S. WWII M3 Fighting Knife by IMPERIAL Knife Co. with Updated M8 Scabbard Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts Unusual and extremely decorativeOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice service used example of a WWII M3 U. S. fighting knife, made by the desirable maker Imperial Knife Co. of Rhode Island. This company was at the time one of the largest knife makers in the world, founded by Italian immigrants. With the markings on the crossguard, this is the third and final pattern manufactured in the war. It comes complete in the correctly M8 scabbard, which was updated during the