Original U.S. WWII M3 Fighting Knife with Removed Markings in Leather Scabbard Restoration Materials Complete with steel fittings for

Complete with steel fittings for use with standard web sling

The cleaning rod has some light pitting

LOT - LF - 14 - 1943 - 60MM - M49A2

The chin strap does have checking in the black finish

Frederick Louis Lochbihler and his service to our country in World War II

Original U.S. WWII M3 Fighting Knife with Removed Markings in Leather Scabbard Restoration Materials Complete with steel fittings forOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice service used example of a WWII M3 U. S. fighting knife, which for some reason had the original maker markings on the blade ground away. Close inspection of the blade shows that there is still the remains of a number 3 close to the start of the upper edge, which originally would have been the end of a "1943" date. This means that this was originally an example of the scarce 1st pattern of the M3