Original U.S. WWII USAAF Case XX Airmen's Folding Survival Machete with Rare Blade Guard Russian Headgear "The Star Spangled Banner”

"The Star Spangled Banner”

The wrist and forend both have rawhide wraps and there is a third near the muzzle decorated with beads and two suspended feathers

There are also some pictures of high ranking Infantry Generals from the WWII Period

along with his childhood friend Kenneth Green

The scabbard is made in the fashion of a typical European style bayonet scabbard

Original U.S. WWII USAAF Case XX Airmen's Folding Survival Machete with Rare Blade Guard Russian Headgear "The Star Spangled Banner”Original 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 maker contracted by the USAAF to manufacture these folding machetes. This example is marked on