Original U.S. WWII USMC Medical Corpsman Bolo Knife by Briddell with BOYT 1942 Scabbard P-1853 Enfield with Fritz Zimmermann of Stuttgart

with Fritz Zimmermann of Stuttgart being contractor number 72

" First produced in 1860 by Christian Spencer of the Spencer Repeating Rifle Company

Diameter: 2

we can make out "ANSF"

brought back from the European theater by a USGI

Original U.S. WWII USMC Medical Corpsman Bolo Knife by Briddell with BOYT 1942 Scabbard P-1853 Enfield with Fritz Zimmermann of StuttgartOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice service used USMC Medical Corpsman knife by Chatillon with USMC marked and dated leather scabbard. The type used by the Marine Corps in the South Pacific, and like all "Bolo" type knives, were intended as utility tools for clearing brush and light construction. With this knife wood and bamboo could be fashioned into stakes, splints, etc. Though not originally intended as a fighting knife, the