Ref: XXX - WW2 US M3 Knife with WW2 SAS Phantom Unique Provenance.

WW2 US Army M3 Fighting Knife and M8 Scabbard By ‘B.M.Co’ (Beckwith Manufacturing Company). The M3 trench knife or M3 fighting knife was an American military combat knife first issued in March 1943. The M3 was originally designated for issue to soldiers not otherwise equipped with a bayonet. However, it was particularly designed for use by forces in need of a close combat knife, such as Airborne Units and Army Rangers, so these units received priority for the M3 at the start of production. As more M3 knives became available in 1943 and 1944, the knife was issued to other soldiers such as Army Air Corps crewmen and soldiers not otherwise equipped with a bayonet, including soldiers issued the M1 carbine or a submachine gun such as the M3 ‘Grease gun’. 

We have some unique items that come in here at Armoury Antiques and Militaria direct from families, such as: WW2 SAS unique items from a Captain that worked with Sterling and Mayne and D-DAY ops in 1944...read the book about him by Hilary Lipscombe 'Phantom Got Through'. A member of Phantom Squadron: In 1944, F Squadron Phantom was in France carrying out Operation Loyton Phantom operated in all the major theaters in Europe and North Africa Phantom was especially useful during the battle for France in 1940 Phantom was also in action on the D-Day beaches.

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