Original U.S. WWI & WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked S.A. with WWII M3 Scabbard - dated 1908 Japanese Edged Weapons The question is

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The front has neatly machine sewn tropical pattern Heer eagle and Kokarde with a machine sewn white Waffenfarbe indicating infantry

so 1943 was the year of the Sheep with the element water

An ornate gilded version of this earlier sword was used by General Philip Sheridan during the Civil War

Some belts were lined with the woman/women's hair as an added form of protection

Original U.S. WWI & WWII M1905 Springfield 16" Rifle Bayonet marked S.A. with WWII M3 Scabbard - dated 1908 Japanese Edged Weapons The question isOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good condition U. S. M1905 bayonet dated 1908, originally made before WWI for the M1903 Springfield Rifle, which was then reissued in WWII for the M1 Garand Rifle. It is fitted with a WWII Issue M3 scabbard. The Garand was designed to take the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets originally made for those rifles. Later in 1942