Original U.S. WWII Western L77 Single Edged Combat Stiletto with Original Scabbard MG 34 Reciever Assembly The attractive Army breast eagle

The attractive Army breast eagle is hand stitched to the chest

This is one of the better examples that we have seen lately

which was developed and adopted at the start of WWII

6th company

so it may have been used for cutting practice at some point

Original U.S. WWII Western L77 Single Edged Combat Stiletto with Original Scabbard MG 34 Reciever Assembly The attractive Army breast eagleOriginal Item: Only One Available. Western was known to have made some of the finest fighting knives of WW2. Although they never had any major government contracts they sold thousands of knives through private and unit purchases. One of the best was this example here, the L77. There is speculation that this knife was designed as an improvement to what is now known as the L76 in order to secure a contract with the Marine Corps. The L76 was the same