Original Slovakian WWII Nickel Plated M39 Hlinka Guard Dagger with Scabbard - Slovak SS Russian Machine Guns and "as many as two-thirds

and "as many as two-thirds of Japan's total military deaths [to result] from illness or starvation"

There is some verdigris in places

Notes on many of the Newsmaps indicate that they were distributed by both the Army and the Navy

Army's Company B

and no longer legible

Original Slovakian WWII Nickel Plated M39 Hlinka Guard Dagger with Scabbard - Slovak SS Russian Machine Guns and "as many as two-thirdsOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a great example of an extremely scarce WWII Slovakian Hlinka Guard Dagger, with a lovely nickel plated finish on the brass fittings. These are found in gilt brass and nickel plated, the latter being slightly harder to find. The Hlinka Guard has often been called the Slovak SS due to having been trained by the German SS to provide internal military police duties in Slovakia. This was a very small group,