D-Day Invasion Combat Knife: Allied Forces Original Issue Category_Feed Block Assembly AIRCRAFT AN M53A2 TRACER

AIRCRAFT AN M53A2 TRACER

The differences between the various EIC Models are generally minor

Blackshirts

It appears to have been cast instead of milled

On 16 December

D-Day Invasion Combat Knife: Allied Forces Original Issue Category_Feed Block Assembly AIRCRAFT AN M53A2 TRACEROriginal Item: Theses are the emergency issue Fighting Knives used by many of the Invading Allied Armies on Continental Europe during the second half of 1944. All steel construction, using a 61 2" blade section from the French cruciform Lebel bayonet mounted on an all steel knurled no slip hilt. The Fighting Knives come in slightly modified British Enfield #4 spike bayonet scabbard. Recently released from storage, these are extremely interesting