Original U.S. WWII Unissued USAAF Camillus Airmen's Folding Survival Machete with Blade Guard, Scabbard & Whetstone Royal Air Force showing a gorgeous worn patina

showing a gorgeous worn patina of age with some "frontier weathering"

The grip scales are dark red with black bakelite and were manufactured by Norton Laboratories

it was also a secret fraternal order

This helmet is a fine example on an M1 helmet and still retains all of its original WW2 parts

and the hilt has some surface rusting due to age

Original U.S. WWII Unissued USAAF Camillus Airmen's Folding Survival Machete with Blade Guard, Scabbard & Whetstone Royal Air Force showing a gorgeous worn patinaOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1942, the U. S. Army Air Force adopted a Folding Machete for use in the B 2 and B 4 Bail out kits. This machete was designed to replace the Model 18 Collins machete, which took up a lot of space in the emergency kits. The folding machete is only 11 inches long when folded up. Case, Camillus, and Cattaraugus were the 3 makers contracted by the USAAF to manufacture these folding machetes. This example is marked on