Original New Zealand WWII Commando Fighting Knuckle Knife by NZ Cutlers Company Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets The hilt guard is ornately

The hilt guard is ornately decorated brass

600 DPs from the USSR and used them in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Civil War

44 caliber percussion

1st Infantry Division and fought in the engagements at Montdidier-Noyon

Flying out of Membury and Greenham Common air bases in the first wave to depart

Original New Zealand WWII Commando Fighting Knuckle Knife by NZ Cutlers Company Category_Snider Rifles & Bayonets The hilt guard is ornatelyOriginal Item: A fantastic genuine WWII example of a New Zealand made commando aluminum handle fighting knuckle knife with original leather scabbard. This style knife is a hard to find very rare version. A nearly identical knife is featured in the book FIGHTING KNIVES by Frederick Stephens on page 53 as well as on the front and back cover. Features: Cast aluminum checkered grip. Skull crusher grip top. Wide blade with Bowie clip point. 10. 5" Overall