Name/Title
Bayonet and Scabbard of Truman Davies, c. 1941-1945Entry/Object ID
1995.60.1Description
ACC. NO. 95.60.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: WORLD WAR II
DATE OR PERIOD: 1941 - 1945
OBJECT: BAYONET
DESCRIPTION:
OBLONG-SHAPED BAYONET WITH SCABBARD. BAYONET HAS COMBINATION WOODEN "NATURAL FINISH" AND IRON GRIP. HANDLE GUARD HAS WHAT IS PRESUMED TO BE THE MANUFACTURER'S INITIALS, "GD." ANOTHER MARK CONSISTS OF AN INCISED "H" WITHIN A CIRCLE.
SIZE: L 23"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
WORLD WAR II SOUVENIR BROUGHT BACK TO ALAMEDA BY TRUMAN DAVIES WHO SERVED AS A LINEMAN IN EUROPE DURING WORLD WAR II. MR. DAVIES, LONG-TIME EMPLOYEE OF WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, WAS BORN IN ALAMEDA ON DECEMBER 25, 1902. HE WAS A MEMBER OF AN OLD-TIME FAMILY. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TIME SPENT IN THE MILITARY SERVICE, MR DAVIES SPENT HIS ENTIRE LIFE IN ALAMEDA. HE DIED ON JUNE 7, 1991; AND IS A LATE COUSIN OF THE DONOR.
ACQUIRED FROM:
ALVIRA BISBEE & FAMILY
DONATED: APRIL 15, 1995Interpretative Labels
Label
WORLD WAR I
GERMAN BAYONET
It was retrieved by an American
soldier who was an Alameda resident.
