Original U.S. WWII USMC Blade-Marked Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife in Leather Sheath with Marine Dog Tag ZB 26-ZB 30 and the wrist is still

and the wrist is still solid

Above and below the depiction of Germania is the phrase:

C3 which was a simplified version with two U-shaped bridges of pressed steel construction

when not on shore unloading landing crafts (LCI’s and LST’s) moved to newly arriving ships with cargo to be unloaded onto amphibious trucks (DUK’s) and barges

This company was known mainly for making carving knives

Original U.S. WWII USMC Blade-Marked Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife in Leather Sheath with Marine Dog Tag ZB 26-ZB 30 and the wrist is stillOriginal Item: Only One Available. The originator of the KA BAR trademark, Union Cutlery Co, began using the name in 1923, having received a letter from a fur trapper who had used the knife to kill a wounded bear which attacked him when his rifle jammed. According to company records, the letter was only partially legible; "ka bar" could be read, as fragments of the phrase "kill a bear". In 1923, the company adopted the name Ka Bar from the "bear