United States. An M3 Fighting Knife, By Utica Cutlery Auction Archive Multi-piece construction

Multi-piece construction

local Germans (most of tem living in Slavonia) were allowed to form a distinctive German-speaking Regiment made up entirely of Germans

with bright finish

03 mm (w) x 51

It was later suppressed when the National Order of Merit was instituted in 1963

United States. An M3 Fighting Knife, By Utica Cutlery Auction Archive Multi-piece constructionA well preserved US M3 fighting knife, measuring 315 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 170 mm long fullered magnetic metal blade with a sharpened tip and sharpened lower edge. The blade presents plain with the exception of a reverse mark of US M3 UTICA, indicating manufacture by New York based Utica Cutlery. The blade sits securely within a magnetic metal upper crossguard, which is curved along the top. A single piece