Original U.S. WWII USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife With Leather Sheath - Marked with Laundry Number MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets - Eisernes Kreuz 2

- Eisernes Kreuz 2

The shell is maker marked with a stamping on the underside of the rim that reads ZC179

This is a very good example of the German WWII Crimea Shield Award

The design remained unchanged for almost 70 years

Summary: Poster showing a Red Cross nurse in a cloak

Original U.S. WWII USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife With Leather Sheath - Marked with Laundry Number MG 34 Display Guns & Part Sets - Eisernes Kreuz 2Original 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