Original U.S. WWII German Anti-Tank Tellermine T.Mi.42 Training Mine - Inert U.S. Military Maps NCO Katanas were issued to

NCO Katanas were issued to soldiers who did not want to take their family sword to battle or who came from poor families that did not have swords to pass down through the generations

and is one of the better examples we have had

- One German Pre-WWII Gymnastics Event Tinnie from Bielefeld dated 1935

The maker-marked blade makes for a tremendous research project and adds some great provenance to an already fantastic dirk

it had become much more effective with foremost counterinsurgency expert and Nixon adviser Robert Thompson noting that Regular Forces were very well-trained and second only to the American and Israeli forces in the Free World[5] and with General Creighton Abrams remarking that 70% of units were on par with the US Army

Original U.S. WWII German Anti-Tank Tellermine T.Mi.42 Training Mine - Inert U.S. Military Maps NCO Katanas were issued toOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an inert T. Mi. 42 replica mine, built by the United States in order to train their troops on how to deactivate live teller mines in the occupied Europe. The mine is totally inert, hollow, and faintly marked DUMMY in yellow paint on the underside. It still retains the carrying handle and removable top that can be unscrewed. There are also still the original faint painted markings around the top: T. Mi. Pilz