Original U.S. WWII Murphy Combat Fighting Knife with Cast Aluminum Handle & Scabbard Featured Item On formal (Dress) occasions this

On formal (Dress) occasions this Regiment wore a most impressive tall plumed leather helmet that unfortunately we do not have but do become available from time to time on the collectors market

There is also sign of past corrosion that has been removed

however they have nickel alloy heads

but there are no medals from that era

with large yellow artillery "Crossed Cannons"

Original U.S. WWII Murphy Combat Fighting Knife with Cast Aluminum Handle & Scabbard Featured Item On formal (Dress) occasions thisOriginal 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