Original U.S. WWII Navy Rare “Red Spacer” Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by PAL with Leather Scabbard U.S. Marines USMC 39" caliber octagonal barrel with

39" caliber octagonal barrel with 6 groove rifling

and the Italian Flag being in the upper corner definitely suggests it is Italian

He was born in 1889 and first enlisted in the military in 1911

It was first issued in 1858 by the French Navy (as either the Lefaucheux de Marine mle 1858 or simply M1858)

SPRINGFIELD ARMORY 4530

Original U.S. WWII Navy Rare “Red Spacer” Mark 2 KA-BAR Fighting Knife by PAL with Leather Scabbard U.S. Marines USMC 39" caliber octagonal barrel withOriginal Item: Only One Available. The originator of the KA BAR trademark, Union Cutlery Co, began using the name in 1923, having received a letter from a fur trapper who had used the knife to kill a wounded bear which attacked him when his rifle jammed. According to company records, the letter was only partially legible; "ka bar" could be read, as fragments of the phrase "kill a bear". In 1923, the company adopted the name Ka Bar from the "bear