USMC M51 (1951-1952) HBT UTILITY COVER IN DETAIL    

USMC M50 (1950) HBT UTILITY COVER IN DETAIL    

USMC P45 (1945) HBT UTILITY COVER IN DETAIL    

USMC P44 (1944) HBT UTILITY COVER IN DETAIL    

No Mikie, they are watchamacallits, fastened to the kanoogabubble with a murphypin. 😁

Dang, I remember fighting with one of those contraptions many times in the late 1980s..

Another photo of the display case dedicated to Lt. Robert F. Toner.  Not sure why my first photo posted upside down but this is another view of it.  

Is this patch and medals named to a pilot lost during the raid on Bougainville in 21th March 1943? 

Here are a few of mine.

I'm usually hesitant about modifications or anything if I don't know the story behind it. Being a sailor myself from a much later era, I changed that thinking a bit when I found this one. I can actually imagine a boatswain on a mid-watch doing this fancywork. He really made it his own, My favorite part is how the correct period issue sheath was cut in half and sewn back together right handed and the retaining strap was cut and pieced back together for the larger handle. It's a correct Camillus and other than a little bit of line, it's all original just rearranged. Anyway, I  really fell for this old guy and thought I'd share. Thank you