Original U.S. WWII USN Mark 1 PAL RH-35 Fighting Knife with Named U.S.N. Leather Scabbard British Flare Guns It also has a heat

It also has a heat lot number that we cannot read entirely

it aided the Allied offensive at Caen and the breakthrough at Saint-Lô with attacks on enemy troops

There is also a very good amount of the original "Naval Engagement Scene" still on the cylinder

On opposite side of the 35" curved blade it is marked:

The attractive Army breast eagle is machine embroidered

Original U.S. WWII USN Mark 1 PAL RH-35 Fighting Knife with Named U.S.N. Leather Scabbard British Flare Guns It also has a heatOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent, field used example of the U. S. Navy Mark 1 fighting knife, manufactured by the PAL Cutlery Company, complete with a U. S. Navy Issue leather scabbard. 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