Original U.S. WWII Collins & Co Legitimus Model Machete Dated 1945 With USMC Marked Scabbard Japanese Documents and Books made by Ernst Leitz GmbH

made by Ernst Leitz GmbH of Wetzlar

with the barrel and most parts blued

There is a belt loop riveted to the scabbard

They would have smaller badges made to be displayed while in uniform

though this set only includes two

Original U.S. WWII Collins & Co Legitimus Model Machete Dated 1945 With USMC Marked Scabbard Japanese Documents and Books made by Ernst Leitz GmbHOriginal Item: Only One Available. In 1826, two brothers, Samuel Watkinson Collins (age 24) and David Collins (age 21) along with their wealthy cousin, William Wells, purchased the old Humphrey gristmill along the Farmington River in South Canton with the intention to produce high quality ground axes. The Collins Company line of products would grow over the years to include not only axes, but also machetes, hatchets, adzes, brush hooks, picks,