This is from a private collection of a WWII Vet who owned and used this knife in the war. An extremely rare and unique addition for any collector of knives. To their mark after WWII. This Western knife has the patent number and does NOT have U.
We do not know how the WWII Veteran came to owning this knife, but we do know that he was part of the 4th Infantry Division who fought in the Battle of the Bulge and the liberation of Bastogne.