Original U.S. WWII M1942 Garand Rifle 16 inch Bayonet by PAL Cutlery with USN Mk1 Scabbard - dated 1942 ZB 26-ZB 30 The blade may have been

The blade may have been reprofiled after damage

Elliptical double-edged blades are the earliest

The lined interior still retaining paper label with original owner's inked name of:

with large autonomous groups called hosts

This came to us from a Military museum in Missouri

Original U.S. WWII M1942 Garand Rifle 16 inch Bayonet by PAL Cutlery with USN Mk1 Scabbard - dated 1942 ZB 26-ZB 30 The blade may have beenOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent condition U. S. M1942 bayonet for the M1 Garand Rifle, complete with the correct WWII Issue M3 scabbard. Technically, this bayonet is considered an M1905 bayonet by the U. S. Army, manufactured in 1942 with plastic ribbed grips. The M1 Garand rifle was designed to take the same blade bayonet as the M1903 Springfield rifle, so at the beginning of the war they were issued with bayonets originally