Original U.S. WWII Uncommon Kennedy Brothers Arms Company Knife Variant With Correct Leather Scabbard - Crossguard Etched “Noumea, New Caledonia” For Naval Base Noumea Martini-Henry Parts and an adventurous spirit

and an adventurous spirit

At the end of of the war

The interior rigging is complete with the front sweatband

SSG Shields was captured

so they produced exact copies from actual decommissioned M16A1 parts

Original U.S. WWII Uncommon Kennedy Brothers Arms Company Knife Variant With Correct Leather Scabbard - Crossguard Etched “Noumea, New Caledonia” For Naval Base Noumea Martini-Henry Parts and an adventurous spiritOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent example of an unmarked and rare variant of a fighting knife, attributed to the Kennedy Brothers Arms Company of St Paul, Minnesota. While the knife is not marked as being a Kennedy, multiple edged weapons experts confirmed and are confident in this being an extremely uncommon variant, not being a standard knife. Bill Walters who wrote the best current book on WWII, US and Allied Military Knives