Original U.S. WWII USAAF Case XX Airmen's Folding Survival Machete with Blade Cover German Badges & Signs nothing more

nothing more

The interior features a portions of the original leather liner

a very short career for what was obviously a skilled artisan

it prepared to deploy to Europe as a part of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF)

NS64 indicating that Vereinigte Deutsche Nikelwerke

Original U.S. WWII USAAF Case XX Airmen's Folding Survival Machete with Blade Cover German Badges & Signs nothing moreOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1942, the U. S. Army Air Force adopted a Folding Machete for use in the B 2 and B 4 Bail out kits. This machete was designed to replace the Model 18 Collins machete, which took up a lot of space in the emergency kits. The folding machete is only 11 inches long when folded up. Case, Camillus, and Cattaraugus were the 3 maker contracted by the USAAF to manufacture these folding machetes. This example is marked on