Original U.S. WWII USMC Early Blade-Marked Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by CAMILLUS in 134th Naval Construction Battalion Named Leather Sheath Availability_International The jacket has a lovely

The jacket has a lovely 78th Division “Lightning” patch and red honorable discharge chevron on the left sleeve

WWII Infantry memorabilia

The blue field on the suspended ribbon is unfortunately completely faded away

and we can see that a good amount of wood was probably removed during cleaning and restoration in the past

Original U.S. WWII USMC Early Blade-Marked Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by CAMILLUS in 134th Naval Construction Battalion Named Leather Sheath Availability_International The jacket has a lovelyOriginal Item: Only One Available. The originator of the KA BAR trademark, Union Cutlery Co, began using the name in 1923, having received a letter from a fur trapper who had used the knife to kill a wounded bear which attacked him when his rifle jammed. According to company records, the letter was only partially legible; "ka bar" could be read, as fragments of the phrase "kill a bear". In 1923, the company adopted the name Ka Bar from the "bear