Original U.S. WWII Blade Marked Second Pattern M3 Fighting Knife by Imperial Knife Co. with Updated M8 Scabbard by B.M. Co. Japanese Awards Medals Badges Insignia The design at right

The design at right

never a common bayonet but now extremely rare

it ended up produced side by side until the end of the war

an engineer company in the 860th Aviation Engineer Battalion where he continued to serve for 16 years

Attached to the belt is a very nice set of suspender shoulder straps with brass snap hooks

Original U.S. WWII Blade Marked Second Pattern M3 Fighting Knife by Imperial Knife Co. with Updated M8 Scabbard by B.M. Co. Japanese Awards Medals Badges Insignia The design at rightOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of a WWII M3 U. S. fighting knife, made by the desirable maker, Imperial Knife Co.. With the marking on the blade, this is the more desirable "2nd Pattern", which was replaced quickly by the 3rd pattern with markings on the crossguard. 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