The last of my M3s, a blade marked Case.    The blade guard and tang appear unchanged, perhaps the shoulders ground down at the end. This handle has Lucite, Delrin? As well as leather spacers, with brass disks throughout. The leather spacers have shrank with time, the handle overall is shaped for the fingers and flat for the palm of the hand.    The end piece looks to have the original disk with a further separate piece placed ontop, and rounded. I’m not sure how it is fixed into place though. 

That is a nice bracket, mine has some serious pitting at the underside for some reason but I don't have a pic. I did forget to mention the mounting holes for the Tombstone are further apart indeed, and is how I knew my jeep was fitted with one of these in the field.       I never noticed that, I will have to check mine but I think it has something to do with how these pillars were formed in a press?    

Another blade marked Pal, and probably my favourite.    Again, the blade its guard and tang seem to be unchanged, but the pommel disk was replaced, clear Lucite spacers as well as leather that could be what was salvageable from the original stacked handle. The end piece being made from multiple stacked Lucite pieces then shaped to a kick. The end cap being formed from an oblong piece and peened over neatly. 

Ciao ! Sì ho applicato proprio la stessa ! Grazie del consiglio ! Adesso sto facendo fare dei cartellini su quale proiettile e con il disegno etc. Come se fosse un museo !

I have an ID’d jungle jacket straight from the vets family with black thread hand stitches for “ US army” tab. This one looks good for the most part.

If you haven't already done this, I would consider applying a thin coating of Renaissance Wax on the Iron Surface. It will prohibit the iron from beginning to oxidize. I would leave the Copper Rotating Band wax free so that it can develop a patina. Although perhaps you may want the iron to show some patina as well before you wax it.    Again, great item. It tells a powerful story as a static display!  

Anytime after the war to the  late 1950's I would reckon.....   -Ski

Another M3, this time a blade marked Imperial.    Overall, the blade itself remains unchanged, as does its tang. It retains its original guard as well as the pommel disk.    The handle has clear Lucite spaces coupled with thin (various thickness’s) cellulose vulcanised fibre or Delrin like material. The larger piece isn’t a perfect fit, being an odd shape but was used anyway. It also has a hole on one side and two further pin holes on the opposite sides too, possibly an insulator?  Overall, the handle sticks to the familiar shape of an M3.    

Two collar insignia combined to create a sweetheart pin 

First up, a heavily modified blade marked PAL M3. The blade has been completely reprofiled, the handle itself on this example was also rebuilt. It looks like the original tang was snapped and long bolt was put in its place. The guard and pommel was also replaced with shaped pieces of aluminium, with clear Lucite spacers forming the handle. In the middle sits a larger piece of aluminium with two thin shims made out of brass.    The sheath appears to of been recycled leather, possibly a belt. Purposely made for this knife, basic decoration on the front using what could be castle nuts and another I recognise but can’t place.    Another note, the handle is a little shorter than what you'd find on an unmodified M3. It fits very comfortably in the hand without any hotspots forming, I do see similarities between this and some of the Western Shark knives. I