Original U.S. WWII USMC Early Blade-Marked Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife in Leather Sheath with Replaced Pommel U.S. Military Maps stains that coincide with an

stains that coincide with an item having been carried by a person who fell on the battlefield

Among others

see page 90 for photographs and script

The original securing strap is still present and functional

the 50th Aero Squadron flew its first missions of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive with a complement of 15 pilots

Original U.S. WWII USMC Early Blade-Marked Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife in Leather Sheath with Replaced Pommel U.S. Military Maps stains that coincide with anOriginal Item: Only One Available. The originator of the KA BAR trademark, Union Cutlery Co, began using the name in 1923, having received a letter from a fur trapper who had used the knife to kill a wounded bear which attacked him when his rifle jammed. According to company records, the letter was only partially legible; "ka bar" could be read, as fragments of the phrase "kill a bear". In 1923, the company adopted the name Ka Bar from the "bear