U.S. M-4 CARBINE BAYONETS WITH RUBBER HANDLES French Militaria sold them all exclusively to

sold them all exclusively to IMA

On the top flat at the back end there was a maker's cartouche that appears to have been struck off or filled with molten copper

the 83rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion

These are known as Mermite Tactical Military Coolers that first began production in the 1960s and were manufactured and used through the 1990s

The exterior pockets close with web straps and buckles of the P37 type

U.S. M-4 CARBINE BAYONETS WITH RUBBER HANDLES French Militaria sold them all exclusively toRecorded but virtually never encountered these are ORIGINAL G. I. M 4 Carbine Bayonets fitted with RUBBER HANDLES. Extremely rare, each bayonet comes with scabbard.