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A very rare fighting knife indeed!! This is the French Trench Dagger Poignard-Prime, by the French firm of "Brevete" at St. Etienne, mfg. of French Arms and cycles. First made for civilians, these were issued and used in WW1 thru and into WW2. The overall length with the scabbard is 14 1/2" and the Gras blade measures 8 7/8" long. In just beautiful condition.
A neat little bayonet letter opener with the blade marked to, "Capt. W. H. Davis" "Made at Holabird Ordnance Automotive School" located in Baltimore, Md. Camp Holabird served as a MTC Storage Depot, MT School and a repair and assembling shop for vehicles going into service overseas, from WW1 and WW2. The bayonet measures 8 1/2 inches overall.
So when do these ever come up for sale? Here is an unopened carton of Lucky Strike cigarettes that still have the wax paper outer cover over the carton. The carton measures 11" by 3' by 2" and is in mint unopened condition with just the wax paper having a slit on the one side. These are fresh to the collecting market, as they were purchased right from the family.
A piece of propeller blade that is marked to "Lt. A. K. Schull. Pilot, Lt. Burns, Killed in the Line of Duty. January 6, 1944, Aberdeen, Maryland". The blade measures 13 1/2" by 7" and has two drilled in it for hanging in a display. 2nd. Lt. Albert K. Schull, born 3 May 1919, from Waterbury, Conn. was 24 years old when killed in the accident. 1st Lt. John E. Byrnes was also killed in the plane crash in Aberdeen, Maryland. They were with the 1st Prov. Gr. Sq AAF. A neat, but poignant souvenir. Included are a copy his photo, his grave marker and copy of the newspaper article He is buried at the Grove Cemetary in Naugatuck, Comm.
Have two of these tan canvas postal bags for mail going to relatives of US Japanese Americans still in Japan. One is marked "Japanese Mail" 93 on the front with the sign for Postal Service and is in near mint condition. The other bag was used, has some holes that were repaired, front says the same and on the back says, "Tokyo" 70. These bags measure 27" wide and 40" long. They are sold at $70 each, or take both for $125.