Original British WWII Scarce Merchant Navy Recruitment Poster - 19¾ x 29½” ERA so it may just be

so it may just be a leather artifact

A very nice HJ Knife with a very nice early pattern blade in great collectible condition

though it is not numbered

and many M1905 bayonets were shortened to this length with matching length scabbard

Original British WWII Scarce Merchant Navy Recruitment Poster - 19¾ x 29½” ERA so it may just beOriginal Item. Only One Available. Merchant seamen crewed the ships of the British Merchant Navy which kept the United Kingdom supplied with raw materials, arms, ammunition, fuel, food and all of the necessities of a nation at war throughout World War II literally enabling the country to defend itself. In doing this, they sustained a considerably greater casualty rate than almost every other branch of the armed services and suffered great hardship.