US Model 1942 "Bolo" or "Smatchet" Knife

United States Medical Corps bolos marked (USMC) and were "issued US Navy hospital corpsmen serving with the US Marines"; various WWII-era dates.

Scabbards are heavy leather construction with brass throat.

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