Original U.S. WWI & WWII USMC Square Tip Entrenching Machete by Collins & Co. with Scabbard m Operation Frantic:

Operation Frantic:

especially on the tip

destined for the Chevaulegers regiments at 80 per regiment

it has suffered from dry rot over the past 75+ years

Original U.S. WWI & WWII USMC Square Tip Entrenching Machete by Collins & Co. with Scabbard m Operation Frantic:Original Item: Only One Available. Introduced at the end of WWI and in use up through WWII, this is a very nice U. S. Marine Corps Square Entrenching Machete, made by the well known firm Collins & Co of Hartford, CT, and still with its original scabbard. These were intended to cut through brush as well as the ground to help secure a foothold during action. They were often used by landing forces to help quickly make a nice emplacement. The blade on