Original U.S. WWII 91st Infantry Division Rare Everitt Green Handle Knuckle Fighting Knife with Scabbard Carried by Bronze Star Recipient Sergeant Joseph F. Eak Sr., 363rd Infantry Regiment Chinese Militaria experimental helmets in the field

experimental helmets in the field

The leather components show minor deterioration commensurate with age

who served in the Dardanelles Campaign

so possibly it was made from left over Norwich parts at the new Worcester location

Further identifying this as a WWII period piece

Original U.S. WWII 91st Infantry Division Rare Everitt Green Handle Knuckle Fighting Knife with Scabbard Carried by Bronze Star Recipient Sergeant Joseph F. Eak Sr., 363rd Infantry Regiment Chinese Militaria experimental helmets in the fieldOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a lovely example of the rare U. S. WWII Everitt Knuckle fighting knife that features the desirable green painted handle, with the correct original scabbard. No reference indicates that anyone knows who Everitt was, or who the company that produced the knives was. Some have surmised that it was the location of manufacture, but due to the passage of time, most likely the true answer will never be known. What is