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It has a couple tells:
1)hilt & pommel are brass and round << dive knife (c attached)
2)hilt NOT threaded for brass sheath << Most DIVE knives were retained by screwing the knife into the sheath (c attached)
3)blade was heavenly ground just in front of the hilt << well used and loved
4)leather stacked ring handle << most dive knives used wood for durability << c attached
5)leather grip & sheath << leather does not last in salt water
My money:
Shape and style suggest Navy, most Grunts wanted a hilt for thrusting.
It could be a "Trench Art" knife, for personally use, made from some other knife.
Value??: more value to the loved one than open market,, BUT I am not a spurt.....
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