I picked this up due to the provenance. A local estate of a WWII vet that was in WWII, part of the occupation force and then served in Korea. I did not think twice, but now I am thinking again. I think a 3rd pattern but the scabbard concerns me a bit. They have been together for a long time. I was assuming the England stamp was applied during the occupation and I am re-thinking that as well as I could not find anything as when they started stamping England on them. I would be fine with it if it was procured during the occupation period since it would make sense. I am not happy with it if it was stamped in the 80's and had no chance of being a brought back item. I got a little caught up in all of the other period correct items most of which were named to him. Any help or opinions are appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to look and comment.
John
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