D-Day Invasion Combat Knife: Allied Forces Original Issue Category_Feed Block Assembly AIRCRAFT AN M53A2 TRACER

AIRCRAFT AN M53A2 TRACER

6 inches wide

The differences between the various EIC Models are generally minor

It appears to have been cast instead of milled

56×45mm NATO round

D-Day Invasion Combat Knife: Allied Forces Original Issue Category_Feed Block Assembly AIRCRAFT AN M53A2 TRACEROriginal Item: Theses are the emergency issue Fighting Knives used by many of the Invading Allied Armies on Continental Europe during the second half of 1944. All steel construction, using a 61 2" blade section from the French cruciform Lebel bayonet mounted on an all steel knurled no slip hilt. The Fighting Knives come in slightly modified British Enfield #4 spike bayonet scabbard. Recently released from storage, these are extremely interesting