Original U.S. WWII USMC Early Blade-Marked Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife in Leather Sheath Spanish Military Equipment The thick black leather belt

The thick black leather belt is in excellent condition and is nicely maker marked

Fits 17 inch bladed 1907 Pattern SMLE Bayonets

Stoneking was the gunner

though it is hard to read:

Austria (35 ½” x 28”): The map was printed by the US Army in Washington DC

Original U.S. WWII USMC Early Blade-Marked Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife in Leather Sheath Spanish Military Equipment The thick black leather beltOriginal 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