Original U.S. WWII Everitt Black Handle Knuckle Fighting Knife MG 34 Feed Assembly marked ayf 43 for maker

marked ayf 43 for maker ERMA-Erfurter Maschinenfabrik B Geipel GmbH

The group was redisignated as the 405th Fighter Bomber Group on 15 August 1943

These were last made in the mid 1890s

with the exception of the English Channel and British coastal waters

The later batch from 1944 saw no real action

Original U.S. WWII Everitt Black Handle Knuckle Fighting Knife MG 34 Feed Assembly marked ayf 43 for makerOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a nice example of the rare U. S. WWII Everitt Knuckle fighting knife. These are one of the most mysterious U. S. Edged Weapons of all time, as no one knows what exactly the origin of the knives are. No reference indicates that anyone knows who Everitt'' was, or who the company that produced the knives were. Some have surmised that it was the location of manufacture, but due to the passage of time, most likely