Original U.S. Civil War Model 1862 Federal Issue Hospital Corps Knife With Leather Scabbard by Collins & Co British Artwork & Posters 75 caliber barrel is held

75 caliber barrel is held to the stock by transverse pins and has the standard British Ordnance proof marks at the breech

a woman was classified as a telephone operator and arrived at a post only to be assigned by the G-1 as a soda jerk in the post exchange

1942 and was a T/4 in the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment who spent more than two years overseas and in combat as a member first of the 82nd Airborne Division then in the 17th Airborne Division

but then returned in 1864 with the Model 1863 Type II

as Europe was quite war torn

Original U.S. Civil War Model 1862 Federal Issue Hospital Corps Knife With Leather Scabbard by Collins & Co British Artwork & Posters 75 caliber barrel is heldOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a wonderful example of an extremely scarce US Civil War Federal Issue Hospital Corps knife, with the original issue scabbard! These knives were amongst the toolkit of Surgeons and other hospital staff and assisted in the manufacture of litters, shelters, field expedient crutches, amputations, you name it! These were used as tools and if need be, weapons too though that was not their intended purpose. The