Original U.S. WWII Named USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by Union Cutlery with Matched Leather Scabbard German Field Equipment leather helmet liner and black

leather helmet liner and black Horse Hair plume to top

a memorial was erected in the grounds of Belfast City Hall in memory of the 132 who did not return

but we have not been able to identify this inspector

and 76th Fighter Squadrons

Original U.S. WWII Named USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by Union Cutlery with Matched Leather Scabbard German Field Equipment leather helmet liner and blackOriginal 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