Original U.S. WWII USN Mark 1 PAL RH-35 Fighting Knife with USN MK1 Scabbard Martini-Henry Accessories The regulations eventually recognized this

The regulations eventually recognized this

"Self-Protection Radiological Monitoring Capability - for monitoring and assessing the radiological environment in order to control the radiation exposure of personnel who must conduct emergency operations in a fallout radiation environment

1944Personnel being briefed before setting out on a patrol at the Anzio beachheadFollowing the Québec Conference in August 1943

The front has a very nice badge

Original U.S. WWII USN Mark 1 PAL RH-35 Fighting Knife with USN MK1 Scabbard Martini-Henry Accessories The regulations eventually recognized thisOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent example of the USN Mark 1 fighting knife, manufactured by the PAL Cutlery Company. According to The Official Price Guide of Collector Knives by C Houston Price & Mark D Zaleysky, PAL was originally used as a trademark by the Utica Knife & Razor Company of Utica, NY from about 1924 1939. PAL marked knives of that era used blades imported from Germany, and the blades typically bore the word