Original U.S. WWII M1942 Garand 16" Bayonet by Union Fork & Hoe with M3 Scabbard - dated 1942 Snider Rifle Accessories Reading Hardware was awarded contract

Reading Hardware was awarded contract W-36-034-ORD-4297

The phrase was created by the War Advertising Council and used on posters by the United States Office of War Information

Overall weight including the steel base is 160lbs

but only barely

"brd" is the German WWII maker code for HAGENUK (Hanseatische Apparatebaugesellschaft ehemals Neufeldt und Kuhnke) in Kiel

Original U.S. WWII M1942 Garand 16" Bayonet by Union Fork & Hoe with M3 Scabbard - dated 1942 Snider Rifle Accessories Reading Hardware was awarded contractOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent condition U. S. M1942 bayonet for the M1 Garand Rifle, complete with the correct WWII Issue M3 scabbard. Technically, this bayonet is considered an M1905 bayonet by the U. S. Army, manufactured in 1942 with plastic ribbed grips. The M1 Garand rifle was designed to take the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets originally