Original U.S. WWI M1917 Trench Knife by L.F. & C. Dated 1917 with Replacement Scabbard German Edged Weapons It features a curved blade

It features a curved blade of 16"

so it may just have had the number worn away

With lend-lease etc

often marked "MADE IN EAST GERMANY

Progress was then good for a couple of weeks and the Fifth Army crossed the Barbara Line and the Volturno Line until the Germans turned

Original U.S. WWI M1917 Trench Knife by L.F. & C. Dated 1917 with Replacement Scabbard German Edged Weapons It features a curved bladeOriginal Item: Only One Available. This very nice condition Model 1917 trench knife has a wood handle, triangular stiletto blade, and replica leather scabbard with standard GI Pistol belt hook attachment. The top of the guard is is nicely marked: U. S. L. F. & C. 1917 Landers, Frary, and Clark (L. F. & C.) began in 1853 as Landers & Smith Manufacturing Company, and in 1862 became known as Landers, Frary & Clark. They were in New Britain, Connecticut,