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

Quite ingenious

In the words of historian Eric Larrabee

often referred to as a "Kentucky" Rifle

casualty in mine disposal was in 1942

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,