British Army (WW2?) Machete
Article about: Hi everyone. I have recently found a machete and scabbard with the broad arrow on both. The scabbard has the date 1942 on it whilst the blade has 1945. Although scabbard was in terrible cond
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Hello, it’s a standard issue British machete that was used in all theatres of war. They were used for the same reason that machetes are used for now, clearing vegetation. It is quite common for the scabbards to perish. It is not inconceivable that it was used in WW2, however, a lot of ‘45 dated items were used post war and did not see service wartime.
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Brilliant, cheers grimebox
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Hello,
The '103' number on the sheath is an inspectors code from the Ministry Of Supply. I have seen this same number stamped on other machete sheaths of the WWII era.
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Wow that’s brilliant! Cheers Chris
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