Original U.S. WWII Service-Used USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife With Leather Sheath P-1853 Enfield and on the attachment hardware

and on the attachment hardware of the fore stock

There was some type of top pad installed at one point

The 68th Armored Regiment was assigned on 15 February 1942 to the new 6th Armored Division and activated at Fort Knox

which may explain the "B" after the serial number

Only 380 aircraft were produced in all because the C-47 was found to be more versatile

Original U.S. WWII Service-Used USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife With Leather Sheath P-1853 Enfield and on the attachment hardwareOriginal 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