Original U.S. WWII Named Murphy “Jr” Combat Fighting Knife with Cast Aluminum Handle & Scabbard - Fred Ream Headgear the hard leather wrap is

the hard leather wrap is still present although some bits of leather are missing

The very good condition DAK olive colored web belt has a black leather tab with the usual double row of seven holes for length adjustment

when it has been used to injure or beat elephants

The unit was part of the build-up of the Canal Zone's defenses as war approached

the Wollensak Optical Company made precision camera lenses with iris shutters for large format cameras

Original U.S. WWII Named Murphy “Jr” Combat Fighting Knife with Cast Aluminum Handle & Scabbard - Fred Ream Headgear the hard leather wrap isOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Murphy Combat Fighting Knife was produced during World War II by David Z. Murphy and his son David M. Murphy. Murphy was a custom knife maker who first came to fame as the maker of the knives sold by the Gerber Legendary Blade Knife Company in 1938. The Murphy fighting knives are often categorized loosely as Theater Knives, even though they were not manufactured in a wartime theater of operations. This is due to