Scant stock is not original and should not have the RA stamp.  I would guess the CMP used a A3 stock.  I agree with the post above, wait for a better example.  Yes, the majority of A4s were rebuilt at some point,     

Great job doing a deep dive on the GIs and not giving up! Paul

Gunners could follow the tracers...

I know this post is 15 years old, but it just came to my attention that I needed to do a follow-up post. Soon after I found these bolo's this musette bag turned up at the local gun show. It belonged to the same officer that these bolos were given to, Lt Col Dan D. Denny. At the time I was able to locate his son and gave him a call. He said that he was familiar with the bolos, and that his dad was highly regarded by his troops, so they had them engraved and presented them to him.  Since this post back in 2011 I did find an original scabbard.

Yep. I grabbed a bunch of these back in the 90s somewhere for cheap. Unfortunately, they don't have much value so I still have them. Though you will read all sorts of claims they were for the Army Air Force and Navy aerial gunners, these are a non-branch version of those seen in the history. I'm guessing they were stockpiled maybe for the nuclear testing era.

Are you sure that they are "fooling around?" 

If you can look at the back, you can see the stitching of the seams and the ties they used.  The front painting on the US squadron insignia is a bit glossier than the German Baltic cross I have   Keith

Greetings all,   A good friend of mine came across a WWI Mk.I grenade body in his barn, and he is looking to restore it.  From what he tells me, it looks like it may have been through a fire and the fuze and fill plug melted.  He wants to get the appropriate taps and chase the threads to clear out the leftover bits of metal.  What size/thread pitch taps will he need to get for both the fuze and fill plug?  Also, I know this is a long shot, but does anyone have a lead on where he can find the correct twist lever fuze?  Or a slightly later cutback fuze?  He'd definitely appreciate any information!     JQMD

If real, I would bet on a French Aircraft.  Possibly a Nieuport.