Original U.S. WWII USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife with Leather Sheath Gifted on Christmas 1944 - Markings Scrubbed MG 42 For the Americans

For the Americans

General-in-Chief of the Allied Armies

however there is definitely some flaking and bubbling from long term oxidation

This indicates manufacture by Conetta Manufacturing Company of Stamford

Original U.S. WWII USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife with Leather Sheath Gifted on Christmas 1944 - Markings Scrubbed MG 42 For the AmericansOriginal 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