Original U.S. WWII USMC Medical Corpsman Bolo Knife by Chatillon with BOYT 1943 Scabbard Military Books & Documents During World War Two there

During World War Two there was a mass of teaching materials used by the armed forces to train gunners and aircrew in the identification of aircraft

The data plate on the red bakelite chest housing reads:

The various buckles and straps all look to be present

It weighs about 22 pounds

but USGIs who captured them often would use them extensively

Original U.S. WWII USMC Medical Corpsman Bolo Knife by Chatillon with BOYT 1943 Scabbard Military Books & Documents During World War Two thereOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice USMC Medical Corpsman knife by Chatillon with USMC marked and dated leather scabbard. The type used by the Marine Corps in the South Pacific, and like all "Bolo" type knives, were intended as utility tools for clearing brush and light construction. With this knife wood and bamboo could be fashioned into stakes, splints, etc. Though not originally intended as a fighting knife, the close tactics of