WWII MACHETE - 1944 - LEGITIMUS COLLINS & CO. - 101st AB VET. “BEAUTIFUL SET”

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WWII MACHETE - 1944 - LEGITIMUS COLLINS & CO. - 101st AB VET. “BEAUTIFUL SET”
WWII MACHETE - 1944 - LEGITIMUS COLLINS & CO. - 101st AB VET. “BEAUTIFUL SET”
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From a private WWII museum collection of over 20 years, featuring all types of original WWII period clothing, equipment and assorted military pieces, as well as a variety of reproduction items, uniforms, equipment, and European military surplus.  All items have been part of a variety of WWII displays. This private WWII museum collection is being sold off.   The following item is offered for sale  –
WWII MACHETE - 1944 - LEGITIMUS COLLINS & CO. - 101
st
AB VET. “BEAUTIFUL SET”
ADDITIONAL 24 PICTURE GALLERY INCLUDED
FREE USPS PRIORITY SHIPPING TO THE 48 STATES ONLY IS INCLUDED
FROM THE WWII COLLECTION:
THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL ALL ORIGINAL
WWII MACHETE  SET OF
MACHETE & SCABBARD..
BOTH MANUFACTURED & DATED TO > 1944
MACHETE IS AN ORIGINAL WAR TIME ISSUE
MANUFACTURED BY THE MOST FAMOUS
MANUFACTURER OF MACHETES KNOWN..
LEGITIMUS COLLINS & CO.
PAIRED WITH A > 1944 DATED SCABBARD
MANUFACTURED BY > HOYT MFG. CO.
** HOYT IS ONE OF THE MORE RARE MAKERS
OF WWII CANVAS WEB EQUIPMENT OF WWII.
MY DAD PURCHASED THIS BEAUTIFUL SET FROM
A LONG TIME FRIEND & FELLOW WWII COLLECTOR
SOME 30 YRS. AGO.
HIS COLLECTOR FRIEND SAID THE MACHETE SET
CAME FROM THE ESTATE OF A
WWII 101
st
AIRBORNE PARATROOPER VETERAN.
HOWEVER ..WE HAVE NO IDEA OF THE VETERAN NAME, INFO OR ANYTHING .. JUST CAME FROM A WWII AIRBORNE, PARATROOPER VET.’s ESTATE WELL OVER 40 YEARS AGO.
THIS IS THE EXACT MACHETE ISSUED TO
U.S. WWII AIRBORNE UNITS, PARATROOPERS,
AS SEEN IN PERIOD WWII BLACK & WHITE
PHOTOS SHOWING A PARATROOPER’S FULL
EQUIPMENT SET LAID OUT FOR DISPLAY
(PHOTO INCLUDED IN GALLERY)
ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PHOTO GALLERY IS
A RARE & BEAUTIFUL PHOTO OF A
FATHER & SON,
BOTH PARATROOPERS IN THE SAME UNIT,
POSED ..
WITH THE SON HOLDING HIS
THOMPSON SMG, WITH HIS MACHETE BARELY
VISIBLE TO HIS LEFT SIDE, AND WITH THE DAD HOLDING THIS EXACT ISSUE OF MACHETE MADE BY LEGITIMUS COLLINS & CO.
“GREAT PHOTO”
THE LEGITIMUS COLLINS & CO. MACHETE
PREDOMINANTLY ISSUED TO US PARATROOPERS DURING WWII WAS THE LEGITIMUS COLLINS & CO.
MACHETE THAT WAS >>
AN -      18” BLADE
WITH -  19 ½ “ SCABBARD
WITH -   5 ¼ “ COMPOSITE HANDLE WITH LANYARD
TOTAL LENGTH OF MACHETE IN SCABBARD – 25”
THIS MACHETE FOR SALE MATCHES THESE EXACT SPECS. & MEASUREMENTS WHICH ARE >>
18”     INCH BLADE
19 ½” INCH SCABBARD
5 ¼”   COMPOSITE HANDLE
(HANDLE WITH 3 STEEL RIVET/PIN ASSEMBLY)
(WITH END HOLE FOR WRIST LANYARD)
THIS MACHETE FOR SALE IS ABSOLUTELY
BEAUTIFUL & IN GORGEOUS CONDITION.
MACHETE HAS BEEN KEPT EXTREMELY CLEAN
FOR WELL OVER 30+ YEARS & ALWAYS
PLASTIC STORED WHEN NOT ON
DISPLAY IN MY DAD’S WWII COLLECTION
** BLADE HAS BEEN BEAUTIFULLY PROFF. SHARPENED & HAS A RAZOR EDGE,
THE FULL LENGTH OF THE BLADE…
THIS MACHETE IS “RAZOR EDGE SHARPENED”
SO NEW OWNER PLEASE TAKE GREAT CARE AND CAUTION WHEN UN-WRAPPING & HANDLING THIS MACHETE!
MACHETE BLADE RICASSO IS MARKED >
US  (HAMMER ON CROWN LEGITIMUS LOGO)
LEGITIMUS COLLINS & CO
1944
MAKER STAMP NICE CLEAN & BOLD
“LOOKS GREAT
”
COMPOSITE BAKELITE TYPE HANDLE IS IN GORGEOUS CONDITION..AS SEEN IN PHOTOS.
ALL RIVETS TIGHT & SECURE!
(A SMALL LEATHER LANYARD WAS ADDED)
BLADE IS IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION WITH
THE LIGHT FADED GREYISH PARKERIZED TYPE
FINISH AS SEEN ON ORIGINALS ..
BUT THIS
BLADE HAS BEEN KEPT BEAUTIFULLY CLEAN
& MAINTAINED FOR OVER 30 YRS!
“RAZOR SHARPENED EDGE..
NO CHIPS, WEAR OR DAMAGE ANYWHERE!”
OPPOSITE SIDE SHOWS A CLOUDY SPLOTCH
OF PARKERIZED STAINING NEAR HANDLE.
THIS IS THE ONLY ISSUE ON THIS BEAUTIFUL
MACHETE BLADE.
BLADE & HANDLE IS ROCK SOLID & IN
BEAUTIFUL CONDITION.. A TOP COLLECTOR
GRADE WWII PARATROOPER ISSUED MACHETE!
SCABBARD:
SCABBARD IS MAKER MARKED ON REAR TOP
BELOW REINFORCED STITCH BELT HANGER TAB >
US
HOYT
1944
BLACK INK STAMPING REMAINS BEAUTIFULLY
CLEAN & BOLD!
ORIGINAL ISSUED SCABBARD TO BE PAIRED
WITH THE STD 18” MACHETE.
SCABBARD IS > 19 ½” INCHES IN LENGTH
(OD) OLIVE DRAB CANVAS/WEBBING
ALL STITCHING TIGHT – NO TEARS OR DAMAGE
FULL SCABBARD REMAINS IN EXCELLENT
CONDITION .. LOOKS ALMOST NOS,
BUT IT IS NOT ..
UP CLOSE SHOWS MINOR FIELD WEAR AND
COLOR LOSS LOWER TOP EDGE AS SEEN, WITH
SIMILAR ON THE REVERSE REAR LOWER CENTER
AREA .. OTHERWISE ALL OTHER CANVAS AREAS
LOOK EXCELLENT.
OVERALL A GREAT SCABBARD IN GREAT CONDITION FOR NOT BEING NOS..
TOP BRASS METAL THROAT SHOWS MINOR WEAR
AS EXPECTED.
REAR TOP METAL BELT HANGER & REINFORCED
STITCH SUPPORT TAB REMAINS EXCELLENT.
OVERALL AN EXCELLENT ORIGINAL WWII MACHETE SCABBARD IN GREAT CONDITION AS PAIRED WITH
THIS WONDERFUL MACHETE.
TOGETHER YOU GET A GORGEOUS & COMPLETE
WWII PARATROOPER ISSUED
1944 DATED
LEGITIMUS & COLLINS & CO. MACHETE WITH
1944 DATED CANVAS SCABBARD MANUFACTURED
BY HOYT MFG. .. BOTH IN WONDERFUL
COLLECTOR GRADE CONDITION THAT WILL MAKE
AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO ANY
WWII COLLECTION OR AIRBORNE COLLECTION, OR FOR DISPLAY
IN WWII LIVING HISTORY OR CAREFUL USE IN WWII REENACTMENT.
“DON’T MISS OUT .. ONLY ONE WE HAVE!
WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE AMAZING PHOTO
OF US PARATROOPERS OF THE 101
st
AIRBORNE,
POSING FOR A GROUP PHOTO, AFTER CAPTURING
A VILLAGE NEAR UTAH BEACH IN THE AREA OF
SAINT-MARCOUF, FRANCE, JUNE 8
th
, 1944
THE TROOPER IN THE MIDDLE HOLDS A CAPTURED
NAZI FLAG .. WHILE THE TROOPER TO THE RIGHT
IS HOLDING HIS ISSUED LEGITIMUS & COLLINS MACHETE, WITH BLADE GLISTENING BRIGHTLY IN THE AFTERNOON SUN.  “WHAT A GREAT PHOTO”
THE FOLLOWING PIECES WERE USED FOR DISPLAY ONLY & ARE NOT INCLUDE AND NOT FOR SALE
:
JUMP JACKET
M1 BAYONET
MKII FRAG
M1916 HOLSTER/  M1911 .45
M1 CARBINE
M1 HELMET   M1944 GOGGLES
MAP CASE/BINOCULARS
RATIONS KIT
M24 BINOCULAR CASE & BINOCULARS HATCHET/AX
LEGITIMUS COLLINS & CO HISTORY:
THE COMPANY FOUNDED BY SAMUEL COLLINS, STARTED OUT IN BUSINESS IN THE EARLY 1800’s IN HARTFORD, CT MANUFACTURING ALL TYPES OF TOOLS, FARMING IMPLIMENTS, AND EVENTUALLY AXES.
THEY WANTED TO THE PREDOMINANT AX MAKER IN THE
COUNTRY AND WORKED HARD TO ACCOMLISH THAT.
THEY PRODUCED SWORDS & BAYONETS DURING THE
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
BY 1871 THEY HAD PRODUCED OVER 15 MILLION AXES,
AND THE MANUFACTURING COMPLEX THAT EVOLVED EVENTUALLY EXPANDED TO OVER 18 DIFFERENT BUILDINGS.
THEY EXPANDED INTO THE PRODUCTION OF MACHETES
& MANUFACTURED OVER 150 DIFFERENT VARIETIES,
THAT WERE AGRESSIVELY MARKETED TO SOUTH AND
CENTRAL AMERICA.
THE COLLINS COMPANY WAS MOST FAMOUSLY KNOWN
FOR ITS “LEGITIMUS” TRADEMARK BRAND OF MACHETE
THAT THEY FOUNDED, & FOUGHT MANY COURT BATTLES
TO MAINTAIN AGAINST TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT
AND COUNTERFEITS.
DURING WWII THE COMPANY MANUFACTURED A VARIETY
OF EQUIMENT FOR THE US MILITARY INCLUDING THE
PRODUCTION OF OVER 4 MILLION MACHETES, THAT SAW
USE FROM THE (ETO) THRU THE NORTH AFRICAN,
MEDITERRANEAN, & ITALIAN CAMPAINGS TO HEAVY
USE IN THE JUNGLES OF THE PACIFIC THEATER.
THE LEGITIMUS COLLINS & COMPANY TRADEMARK STAMP
OF A HAMMER OVER A CROWN BECAME SYNONYMOUS
AND WELL KNOWN WORLD WIDE, AS THE MOST RECOGNIZED
MAKER OF MACHETES IN THE WORLD.
* Portions of some text & or historical information used for item discriptions or historical info. is borrowed from several contributing web sites to provide as accurate info. as possile, when available. A variety of historical & reference sources are used ***
All this research was done by my Dad over years of collecting, thanks for all your great work Dad.
Will J.
... ALL OTHER UNIFORM DISPLAY PIECES, LEATHER JERKINS, MAPS, WATCHES, CIGARETTE LIGHTERS, GLOVES, BELTS, HOLSTERS, MANNEQUINS,  HAVERSACKS, GI STOVES, REPLICA GN’S, BOOKS, & ALL OTHER ITEMS NOT LISTED FOR SALE AS PART OF THIS LISTING ARE USED FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES ONLY & ARE NOT FOR SALE
** MANNEQUINS ARE USED FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES & ARE NOT FOR SALE**
*SHIRTS & TIES ARE USED FOR DISPLAY PURPOSES ONLY & NOT FOR SALE, UNLESS OTHERWISE LISTED*
** ALL ITEMS, DESCRIPTIONS & CONDITION ARE PROVIDED AS BEST AS POSSIBLE**
** SIZE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED WHEN POSSIBLE BUT FIT IS NOT GUARANTEED**
**THE ENTIRE WWII COLLECTION IS BEING SOLD OFF, SO ALL SALES ARE FINAL & NO RETURNS,
BUT ALL ITEMS ARE COVERED UNDER THE EBAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE.
**QUESTIONS ARE WELCOMED.  PLEASE ASK ALL QUESTIONS PRIOR TO LISTING ENDING THRU EBAY MESSAGING.  I WILL RESPOND ASAP.
**PAYMENT IS ACCEPTED THRU PAYPAL.  PLEASE PAY FOR YOUR PURCHASE WITHIN 5 DAYS.  I DO MY BEST TO SHIP WITHIN 2 DAYS OF CLEARED PAYMENT
" US SALES ONLY  .... STD USPS SHIPPING TO THE 48 STATES ONLY!!
(ALL ITEMS ARE CAREFULLY WELL PACKED FOR SHIPMENT)
I have predominantly been a collector of WWII militaria for the last 20+ years, though I have sold some pieces from the collection before, as well as other items, but it is finally time to sell the collection off & let others enjoy adding new pieces to their collection.  I hope others enjoy them as much as I have.
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Thank you
to all the men & women of “The Greatest Generation” for their service & sacrifice during WWII and thank you to all the men & women who proudly serve or have served our country in the  United States military to protect our country and our freedom.
“GOD BLESS AMERICA”
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