Original U.S. WWII M3 Fighting Knife by IMPERIAL Knife Co. with Updated M8 Scabbard Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts who continued to use the

who continued to use the Weimar style eagle throughout the war

then I eventually got home

was assigned to it

So we are hanging our hat on this possibly being a CONFEDERATE Rifle on the clear absence of the "V

Original U.S. WWII M3 Fighting Knife by IMPERIAL Knife Co. with Updated M8 Scabbard Francotte-Martini Rifles & Parts who continued to use theOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice service used example of a WWII M3 U. S. fighting knife, made by the desirable maker Imperial Knife Co. of Rhode Island. This company was at the time one of the largest knife makers in the world, founded by Italian immigrants. With the markings on the crossguard, this is the third and final pattern manufactured in the war. It comes complete in the correctly M8 scabbard, which was updated during the