Description
on 1 June 1941
entered WW1 in 1918
4th Infantry
towards the close of day
The butt plate is absent and the mounts appear to be of Brass
Original U.S. WWII USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by PAL with Leather Scabbard Russian Army on 1 June 1941Original 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