Original U.S. WWII M3 Fighting Knife by UTICA Cutlery with M8 Scabbard Military Awards Medals Badges Insignia It fires from a flint

It fires from a flint struck against a striker plate above a steel pan to ignite the priming powder which fires the gun

Its final major operations were near Lake Balaton (Operation Spring Awakening) against the 3rd Ukrainian Front

These are the forces that fought the USMC on Guadalcanal

which has some degradation on the top

and the lock plate tail is marked SPRING / FIELD / 1849

Original U.S. WWII M3 Fighting Knife by UTICA Cutlery with M8 Scabbard Military Awards Medals Badges Insignia It fires from a flintOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a great lightly 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 was modified by adding a leather belt loop. These fighting knives were preferred by American infantry during World War Two for