Original U.S. WWII 503rd PIR Theater-Made V-42 Stiletto Style Fighting Knife with Damascus Blade & Outstanding M6-Style Sheath with Sharpening Stone - 11th Airborne Division Japanese Awards Medals Badges Insignia This example bears an M10A2

This example bears an M10A2 fuse

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The blade is in very good condition with a sharpened blade

which in this case is crimped in place

possibly having been dug up in the early 1960’s

Original U.S. WWII 503rd PIR Theater-Made V-42 Stiletto Style Fighting Knife with Damascus Blade & Outstanding M6-Style Sheath with Sharpening Stone - 11th Airborne Division Japanese Awards Medals Badges Insignia This example bears an M10A2Original Item. One of a Kind. This is an outstanding V 42 Stiletto style theater made fighting knife with a gorgeous damascus blade and custom U. S. Eagle sheath. There is half of a coin embedded in the crossguard embossed I 503rd for Company I, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, which served as an independent regiment in the Pacific War during World War II. This example came to us from the Larry Thomas American Edged Weapon Museum in Intercourse,