Original WWII U.S. Marine Corps Theater Made Fighting Knife named to Medal of Honor Recipient Sgt. Elbert L. Kinser British Militaria the stock market crash in

the stock market crash in 1869 and resulting economic malaise resulted in Congress mandating that one system and only one system would be used for future small arms

Dating from about 1800 this is a flintlock blunderbuss pistol or "Hand Blunderbuss"

There are traces of the original stylized "P" on the stock under the trigger guard

though we do not know if this was installed by the POW or later

Original WWII U.S. Marine Corps Theater Made Fighting Knife named to Medal of Honor Recipient Sgt. Elbert L. Kinser British Militaria the stock market crash inOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a wonderful WWII U. S. Marine Corps "Theater Made" fighting knife, 12 inches in length, with a 7 1 2 inch steel spear point blade, named to Medal of Honor Winner Sgt. Elbert L. Kinser. These knives were made by the armorers and engineers on request. The larger ships needed to have skilled fabricators on board to make repairs and modifications to weapons and gear. Usually the blades were made from existing