Original U.S. WWII Army Air Forces 23” Machete by True Temper (American Fork & Hoe) in AAF Marked Scabbard - Dated 1945 Bren LMG Copper for casting bronze pieces

Copper for casting bronze pieces became increasingly scarce to the Confederacy throughout the war and became acute in November 1863 when the Ducktown copper mines near Chattanooga were lost to Union forces

As fate would have it

with the small gold chrysanthemum crest as an attached piece

Iron ore was sold to Germany throughout the war and Germany owned several mines in Sweden that had been bought by German companies before the outbreak of the war

which fits right into the late war period

Original U.S. WWII Army Air Forces 23” Machete by True Temper (American Fork & Hoe) in AAF Marked Scabbard - Dated 1945 Bren LMG Copper for casting bronze piecesOriginal Item: Only One Available. Most of the early tools associated with the name TRUE TEMPER can be described as hand tools with wood handles. They were non motorized and rarely included simple mechanisms. Over 60% of the TRUE TEMPER product line was associated with agriculture, gardening and other forms of outdoor work. Examples of such tools are spades, shovels, forks, hoes, rakes, striking tools (axes, picks, mauls), forged bars and machetes