. Hi Peiter,   In the February 1944 TM9-803 manual the rear ' bumperette ' is referred to as a rear bumper when fixing the Jeep down to a railway flat car, the word bumperette Is possibly a plural of the word bumper as there are two of them on the rear of a Jeep.  It has become the standard word for describing one of the small  bumpers on the rear of a Jeep, rather than rear-bumper.  It is actually used on American motor vehicles of the 40's, 50's, 60's etc as shown in this short video describing ' bumperettes '          Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 09 May  2O26.   ..

If it had a 10 inch blade then I would agree with you. But the 16 inch is fairly common.

It's a 1943

Thanks m1903 Appreciate you taking the time Don  

. Hi earlymb,   yes reading your comment and re-reading my text I almost fell out of my chair at the two spelling mistakes that predictive text had introduced into the text.  Knowing this happens I read and re-read my text several times before I make my posts, after posting I read the post again and multiple times I have had to re-open the text and edit it AGAIN !!!!!!     Norman D. Landing, Forum Normandy Correspondent, 09 May  2O26.   ..      

And what makes this legendary?

I have just aquired  an A2 from a  2013 year contract. It has velcro for a name tag and command patch nothing on the sleeves. Would the owner have put the velcro on the sleeves or did they not attach  sleeve velcro and stich patches on? 

The other pair are in unissued condition. I found these at a local gun show maybe 40 years ago.

I have two pair of cavalry gloves. The first pair are worn but in nice condition.  I'm only showing one glove since they are mounted on one of my manikins.