Original U.S. Vietnam War Era M7 Bayonet with Aluminum Knuckle Guard and PWH M8A1 Scabbard French Helmets The leather frog shows age

The leather frog shows age

and the plating on the cockade has worn through

As the carriers prepared for the invasion with strikes there and on Honshū

which we believe to be for the 13th MG Company

Original U.S. Vietnam War Era M7 Bayonet with Aluminum Knuckle Guard and PWH M8A1 Scabbard French Helmets The leather frog shows ageOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very unusual U. S. M7 bayonet from the Vietnam War era, fitted with a distinctive cast aluminum knuckle guard grip and accompanied by an original U. S. M8A1 scabbard. The underlying bayonet is the familiar M7 pattern associated with the M16 rifle, retaining its dark finished spear point blade, muzzle ring crossguard, and rear bayonet mounting latch. This example is clearly stamped on the crossguard: U. S.