United States. An M3 Fighting Knife, By Utica Cutlery Auction Archive missing back plate

missing back plate

1945) below

and overseas

circumscribed with “WILHELM KOENIG VON PREUSSEN”

United States. An M3 Fighting Knife, By Utica Cutlery Auction Archive missing back plateA well preserved US M3 fighting knife, measuring 315 mm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features a 170 mm long fullered magnetic metal blade with a sharpened tip and sharpened lower edge. The blade presents plain with the exception of a reverse mark of US M3 UTICA, indicating manufacture by New York based Utica Cutlery. The blade sits securely within a magnetic metal upper crossguard, which is curved along the top. A single piece