Original U.S. Civil War Model 1862 Federal Issue Hospital Corps Knife With Leather Scabbard by Collins & Co British Artwork & Posters 1942 and was a T/4

1942 and was a T/4 in the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment who spent more than two years overseas and in combat as a member first of the 82nd Airborne Division then in the 17th Airborne Division

A fantastic USMC Mameluke Officer Sword named to a WWII Era Officer

Serial number 359584B denotes year of manufacture as 1889

75 caliber barrel is held to the stock by transverse pins and has the standard British Ordnance proof marks at the breech

Original U.S. Civil War Model 1862 Federal Issue Hospital Corps Knife With Leather Scabbard by Collins & Co British Artwork & Posters 1942 and was a T/4Original Item: Only One Available. This is a wonderful example of an extremely scarce US Civil War Federal Issue Hospital Corps knife, with the original issue scabbard! These knives were amongst the toolkit of Surgeons and other hospital staff and assisted in the manufacture of litters, shelters, field expedient crutches, amputations, you name it! These were used as tools and if need be, weapons too though that was not their intended purpose. The