CBI Identified Fighting Knife- Dog Tag Lot. – SOLD

Description

This China Burma Indian theater grouping belonged to a Private Elmer G. Peterson, from Michigan, who served in the medical corps in WWII. The group consists of his decorated Cattaraugus 225Q fighting knife & scabbard, a single dog tag, theater made cotton CBI patch, “US and Medical Corp.” collar disks, an Army Good Conduct medal with Peterson’s name stamps on it, and a snap shot of two soldiers.

The Cattaraugus knife and scabbard show a good bit of use, but its significance is in the decoration and identification to Peterson. The scabbard loop has an blade etched CBI insignia with those letters cut in over it.  The front part of the scabbard body has a lot squiggly accent lines around Peterson’s initials, and a medical caduceus. The leather is dark, most likely from treatment and service use.  Sound leather all intact.

The knife blade of 6 inches shows use as well with sharpening and some very fine peppering of pits here and there along both sides of blade. The leather washers are worn, and bear Peterson’s initials. Some loss of leather in a few areas, but leather grip, and blade all tight.

Peterson’s dog tag is “T-43” dated.  The snap shot came with the group, but I can’t verify who the men are in the photo other than making a reasonable assumption that one of them is Peterson.  The man in front holds a recent kill of some undetermined animal. No other info.

Overall condition of grouping is very good plus.