WW2 M1 Carbine UTICA USM4 Fighting Knife Bayonet w/USM8A1 Vp15 Correct Scabbard

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WW2 M1 Carbine UTICA USM4 Fighting Knife Bayonet w/USM8A1 Vp15 Correct Scabbard.
💎NEAR MINT CONDITION!!
All World War Two production was by the Victory Plastics Division of the Beckwith Manufacturing Company and was marked B.M.CO. on the throat that was never painted black and the black metal tips didn’t come out until after WW2.
The double hook used by Beckwith is made of a non-magnetic alloy. Those afterward are magnetic steel. Beckwith painted the double hook black, most of those made afterward are Parkerized. A very early M8A1 marked as such. The mark is B 3/1 N, the lowest number I have actually observed on a marked M8A1 although there may be some lower.
This original scabbard and bayonet was issued just in time for WW2 and is in really nice shape for being 70 yrs old. Everything about it is 💯period correct and a fine piece for anyone’s collection.