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The WT is Wilde Drop Forge and Tool.
Popular research says 60k made. I do not think there were that many.
The assigned production (or agreed) was 60k, but they had problems (it looks like all bayonet mfgs did with tooling and material being on the bottom of the priority list)
They may have been assigned 60k, but they did not make them or they would not have had the contract whacked.
WT was the most troublesome bayonet contractor. Probably because they had less clout than anyone, though the bayonet I have is well made and well fitted.
This would be a rare amongst rare as being 1943, they only produced them in Jan and Feb (contract canceled) so very few 1943s and the only ones you could pin down that close an actual month mfg date.
The Scabbard is incorrect though its possible they saw field service.
Its supposed to be issued for the plastic practice bayonet used by the US Navy (no idea, apparently they did not issue real bayonets on ship or used army ones, go figure).
So its a mis matched set which is fine as each has its own value.
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