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My 1918 Trench Knife


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Here is a pretty nice 1918 Au Lion trench knife. It was carried by E/506 101st Airborne Paratrooper Richard Davenport.

 

I know that the leather scabbard is not original but it has been with the knife for a LONG time. It has a stamp on the front of the leather scabbard, "9 D" Could that be 9th Division from WW1?

 

The Au Lion stamp is alot better than shown in the picture.

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Hi Mark

 

Excellent piece!!!

 

I know you from the TT Forum and missed meeting you when your window was put in at Angoville.

 

Are you planning any more trips to Normandy?

 

Regards

 

Allan

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QUOTE(Allan B @ Jan 14 2007, 08:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi Mark

 

Excellent piece!!!

 

I know you from the TT Forum and missed meeting you when your window was put in at Angoville.

 

Are you planning any more trips to Normandy?

 

Regards

 

Allan

 

 

Hi Allan,

 

Yes, there will ALWAYS be more trips to Normandy and beyond. We are hopefully guiding a special tour there this year to do some in depth 101st Airborne study!

 

Info can be found at http://www.bandofbrotherstours.com/

 

I am involved in the special tour for E/506 and the 101st Airborne tour. There will be approx. 40 spots available on this tour.

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Here are mine US 1918 ,Au Lion in very fine orginal condition. Nice blade and markings too. The sheat have the user name written on. Its modifyed on one side for his personal use during the war.

 

I like Knukle knifes very much. My favorite is the BC 41 thumbsup.gif

 

Best Reg BC 41

 

 

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Nice Mk 1 Knives gents!

 

Especially nice with the WW2 connections.

 

Sparky, I doubt the 9D was for 9th Division as that division was only forming when WW1 ended.

 

Hand weapons typically were not Division property anyway, they were usually owned at the Regimental level or below.

Cheers!

 

Chris

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TrenchRaider1918

I really like those melee weapons of WWI, that war wasn't all about guns, soldiers mauled each other with whatever they had. I have the other kind, the LF&C with the triangle blade, but I'm on the lookout for this one too. Nice item and brass knuckles by the way.

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Here is mine US M 1918 modyfied . Came from a old veteran have this during the war. He had this sheat in leather made for his use.

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Pink181,

 

Great knife!

 

Thanks for sharing.

 

Chris

 

Here is my first purchase for my trench knife collections
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davenportjo

Hi,

 

I was doing an internet search for information about my Dad (Richard P. Davenport, E/506 101st Airborne) and came across this e-mail thread ... in particular the e-mail depicting a 1918 trench knife used by him during WW II.

 

Can you tell me how you came to know that it was used by him? Also, do you have or know of other memorabilia that can be traced back to my Dad?

 

Any information you could provide would be greatly apprectiated.

 

Thanks,

 

Jack Davenport

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shocktrooper15
bonsoir voici my trench knife (au lion)

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Was the "1918" engraving filed off the handle of yours? Also hello Mr. Davenport! I wish you luck in finding information regarding your father!

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Johan Willaert
Hi,

 

I was doing an internet search for information about my Dad (Richard P. Davenport, E/506 101st Airborne) and came across this e-mail thread ... in particular the e-mail depicting a 1918 trench knife used by him during WW II.

 

Can you tell me how you came to know that it was used by him? Also, do you have or know of other memorabilia that can be traced back to my Dad?

 

Any information you could provide would be greatly apprectiated.

 

Thanks,

 

Jack Davenport

 

The topicstarter is not longer a member here and will probably not read your message, so I don't think you are going to be able to contact him thru this board.

This topic is over three years old anyway!

 

Johan

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