Original U.S. WWII Australian-Made Large Cog Guard Knuckle Bowie Style Fighting Knife With Leather Scabbard Japanese Army Purchased from a collection used

Purchased from a collection used in a new publication on weapons of the Great War titled At Arm's Length Trench Clubs and Maces Vol

especially for being an earlier issued example

Japanese Morse Code is used for the landline telegraph system in Japan

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The kepi has the Austro-Hungarian Empire double headed eagle badge on the right side

Original U.S. WWII Australian-Made Large Cog Guard Knuckle Bowie Style Fighting Knife With Leather Scabbard Japanese Army Purchased from a collection usedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely, possibly converted V44 Bowie knife knife that measures 14 inches long overall, with a 9 inch clip point blade. The blade is 2 inches wide at the widest point. It is offered in very good condition without leather sheath with cast brass knuckle knife hilt, and teeth or cogs cast into the guard. While long ago identified as the "1st Battalion Ranger" knife in Harold Peterson's book American Knives,