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WORLD WAR 2 ORIGINAL UNITED STATES ISSUED \"O.S.S.\" ( OFFICE OF STRATEGIC SERVICE) NO. 2 VERSION COMMANDO SMATCHET. \"W.R.CASE\" KNIFE MFGR. ALL STERILE FOR COVERT SPECIAL OPS. (NO ID MFGR MARKINGS). ORIGINAL BLACK LEATHER OVER PLYWOOD, SIDE RIM STITCHING SHEATH, MISSING CROSS GUARD STRAP. BLADE IS PARKERIZED FINISH, 11\" LONG X 2 3/4\" WIDE, GOOD POINT, OVAL CROSS GUARD, WALNUT SCALE HANDLES,WITH TWO RIVETS, POT METAL POMMEL 2 BRASS PINS. A THIRD CIRCULAR PIN APPEARS TO BE A INDENTATION, NOT A THRU PIN, FROM POSSIBLE CAST MOLD KNOCK OUT PIN. POMMEL HAS THRU HOLE FOR LEATHER WRIST THONG.HANDLE APPROX. MEASURES: 5 1/8\" LONG X 1 1/4\" WIDE X 1 1//8\" THICK.BLADE: 11\" LONG X 2 3/4\" WIDEKNIFE OVERALL LENGTH: 16 3/8\"OVERALL LENGTH OF KNIFE IN SHEATH: 17 3/16\"SHEATH LENGHT: 11 3/4\" X 4\" WIDE.HAS FOUND CONDITION,\"COPIES\" OF M.H.COLE SEPT., 9, 1960 LETTER, AND W.R.CASE & SONS CUTLERY CO. RESPONSE LETTER, SEPT.13, 1960 WILL BE PROVIDED FROM M.H.COLE BOOKET, 1968.
REFERENCE MATERIAL COMPILED FROM:\"A COLLECTION OF U.S. MILITARY KNIVES, 1861-1968\"; M.H.COLE, COPYRIGHT 1968.\" A PRIMER OF MILITARY KNIVES\", GORDON HUGHES & BARRY JENKINS, COPYRIGHT 1973.
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