Original U.S. WWII 1943 dated Blade Marked M3 Fighting Knife by Imperial Knife Co. with M8 Scabbard Water Jacket Assembly but all are fully intact

but all are fully intact and ready for use

and it has a great look

and at some point was field repainted with a lovely textured camouflage paint

A wonderful totally original helmet with genuine original paint and even a bullet sized dent on the side

Original U.S. WWII 1943 dated Blade Marked M3 Fighting Knife by Imperial Knife Co. with M8 Scabbard Water Jacket Assembly but all are fully intactOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good example of a WWII M3 U. S. fighting knife, made by the desirable maker, Imperial Knife Co. in 1943. With the 1943 date and marking on the blade, this is a scarce 1st pattern, which we have very rarely seen. It comes complete in the correctly M8 scabbard, which was updated during the war to the M8A1 standard. These fighting knives were preferred by American infantry during World War Two for hand to