Original U.S. WWII USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by CAMILLUS in Leather Sheath U.S. Flare Guns supplying the sights under a

supplying the sights under a dedicated source contract

for attachment to waist belt

from the Virginia National Guard in Bedford

Keeping alive their war memories and the myth of Napoléon in popular culture

The lock is marked with the Federal Eagle to the left of U

Original U.S. WWII USMC Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by CAMILLUS in Leather Sheath U.S. Flare Guns supplying the sights under aOriginal 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