Original U.S. WWII Murphy Combat Fighting Knife with Cast Aluminum Handle & Scabbard Rear Sight Assembly with MA / 1907 /

with MA / 1907 / I above a 3 ' 43 date on the ricasso

caused by the corrosive black powder used at the time

showing long term exposure to moisture or some similar agent

black wool base indicating a Heer Panzer (army armored) issue award

Original U.S. WWII Murphy Combat Fighting Knife with Cast Aluminum Handle & Scabbard Rear Sight Assembly with MA / 1907 /Original Item: Only One Available. The Murphy Combat Fighting Knife was produced during World War II by David Z. Murphy and his son David M. Murphy. Murphy was a custom knife maker who first came to fame as the maker of the knives sold by the Gerber Legendary Blade Knife Company in 1938. The Murphy fighting knives are often categorized loosely as Theater Knives, even though they were not manufactured in a wartime theater of operations. This is due to