Original U.S. WWII M3 Fighting Knife by Utica Cutlery with Updated M8 Scabbard German Army Heer The included leather scabbard is

The included leather scabbard is in very nice condition

for Karabiner Model 1871

and has officer's bullion piping around the crown and on the front scallop flaps

and a stunning military motif on the opposite side

as these usually had sliding wooden patch boxes

Original U.S. WWII M3 Fighting Knife by Utica Cutlery with Updated M8 Scabbard German Army Heer The included leather scabbard isOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a great service used example of a WWII M3 U. S. fighting knife, made by the desirable maker UTICA Cutlery Co. of Utica, New York. With the markings on the crossguard, this is the third and final pattern manufactured in the war. It comes complete in the correctly M8 scabbard, which has the designation D 76 painted over the maker mark, likely a unit mark. These fighting knives were preferred by American