Original U.S. WWII M1942 Garand 16" Bayonet by American Fork & Hoe with M3 Scabbard - dated 1943 MP 34 -imposed deadline for Saddam Hussein

-imposed deadline for Saddam Hussein to leave Iraq or face war passed

The wooden grips are in good shape

located on the right side of the road from Görlitz to Reichenau

The barrel is fitted with a brass front sight and an open rear sight

so this bayonet was stored in the shortened scabbard for some time

Original U.S. WWII M1942 Garand 16" Bayonet by American Fork & Hoe with M3 Scabbard - dated 1943 MP 34 -imposed deadline for Saddam HusseinOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent condition U. S. M1942 bayonet for the M1 Garand Rifle, complete with the correct WWII Issue M3 scabbard. Technically, this bayonet is considered an M1905 bayonet by the U. S. Army, manufactured in 1942 with plastic ribbed grips. The M1 Garand rifle 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