Knife, Fighting, with Leather Scabbard, Cpl. Herbert Swens, 533rd BS, 381st BG, 8th Air Force, USAAF, ETO
€375.00
Tax included
Genuine WWII US fighting knife, identical to the version manufactured by E.G. Waterman yet showing no markings. Though not a standard regulation issue, this type saw service in most theaters of operations.
Blade length: 7.3in.
Complete and in quite good overall condition; comes in its original russet leather scabbard, on which name "Swens" has been carved; snap fastener of securing strap is in working order.
Herbert Swens was born on August 30, 1921 in Hartford, Connecticut in a family of Swedish-Finnish ancestry and joined the US Army on October 20, 1942 (ASN 32535293). He went on to serve with the Air Corps and deployed to Europe along with 533rd Bomb. Squadron, 381st Bomb. Group, 8th Air Force. He was discharged on October 6, 1945 as a Corporal, and passed away on January 8, 1987.
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