Original U.S. WWI Model 1913 Cavalry “Patton” Saber by L.F. & C. Dated 1918 - Rare WWII Cut Down Fighting Knife Military Awards Medals Badges Insignia Offered as is with a

Offered as is with a lovely patina of age

The top of the breech lever also still has a partial two line patent marking

which looks to have originally been in "battlefield pickup" condition

The sweatband does look like it may be a war-time or post war replacement

G indicates 1935 manufacture by the well-known maker F

Original U.S. WWI Model 1913 Cavalry “Patton” Saber by L.F. & C. Dated 1918 - Rare WWII Cut Down Fighting Knife Military Awards Medals Badges Insignia Offered as is with aOriginal Item: Only One Available. At the start of WWII there was a shortage of fighting knives, so the US government did everything they could to fill the void. They purchased massive stocks of hunting knives from civilian markets and they also converted old stock to make fighting knives. That was the case with this knife. It was originally an M1913 Patton saber, made in 1918 by private contractor Landers, Frary & Clark (L. F. & C.) of New Britain,