Description
WW2 Utica M4 bayonet, original M8A1 Victory Plastics Beckwith Mfg Co composition scabbard with leather leg tie. Rare UNUSED; excellent overall condition, considering the age. FREE USPS PRIORITY MAIL SHIPPING WITHIN THE U.S. FOR THIS ITEM!
A museum quality original WW2 era M1 carbine M4 bayonet in rare unused condition. This specimen was manufactured by Utica Cutlery Co. in Utica, NY; it comes with the original issue M8A1 composition scabbard with the leather leg-tie still attached, also in excellent condition. This type was intended to be used as a bayonet on a M1 carbine but almost all M1 carbines in service during WW2 were issued without the bayonet lug, so M4s were mostly utilized as a fighting/utility knives. One can clearly see the absence of the bayonet attachment point on the M1 barrel issued to a infantryman serving with the 28th Infantry Division (the photo was taken in September 1944, on the German Border near Luxembourg). The M4 was quite popular with the troops; see the WW2 era photo of similar M4 bayonets on US 17th Airborne Division troops firing the M18 recoilless rifle at German positions somewhere around Essen, Germany (photos are used as a reference only and will not be included with the lot).
This M4 is about 11-5/8” / 29.5 cm overall; blued blade is about 6-3/4″ / 17.2 cm long. The blade has not been re-sharpened; original factory edge is razor-sharp; the tip is intact; 99% of the original bluing. Stacked handle with 6 grooves; leather washers are excellent; steel muzzle ring & pommel are near-perfect. The muzzle ring is marked with the “flaming bomb” US ordinance mark and U.S. M4 / UTICA stamp on the top. The pommel is excellent with no contact marks; bayonet lock/release is 100% functional; all parts are tight with no play. Original M8A1 scabbard is in great shape, considering the age; no dings on the steel throat or cracks/chips on the composite plastic. The webbing is intact; all original stitching is intact; the keeper is nice and tight. This scabbard was manufactured by Beckwith Mfg Co. (BM CO.) division of Victory Plastics. Original leather leg tie is still attached; the leather is soft and supple.
This original WW2 Utica M4 bayonet and M8A1 composition scabbard are in 100% serviceable condition still; this type is rare in unused condition. These are the actual photos; spent brass is not included with the bayonet 
I have a few more WW2 US-made bayonets, as well as some scarce WW1 and WW2 era fighting daggers and trench knives made in the US, Great Britain, France, Germany, and other countries available for sale – please take a look in the Militaria section.
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FREE USPS PRIORITY MAIL SHIPPING WITHIN THE U.S. FOR THIS ITEM
No shipping to Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Japan, or the UK/Ireland for this item, sorry. International shipping to other countries for this item will be $68 and up to most countries on our “ship-to” list.
