Original German WWII Late War Luftwaffe Take Down Fallschirmjäger Gravity Knife with Solingen RB Number Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns The arrival of the Military

The arrival of the Military engineering vehicle and the deployment of weapons of mass destruction vastly expanded capabilities and complicated mission-profiles of modern pioneer units

All 8 of the leather "fingers" are present

offered without scabbard

This excellent example

This would indicate that the dagger was produced pre-1934

Original German WWII Late War Luftwaffe Take Down Fallschirmjäger Gravity Knife with Solingen RB Number Cleaned & Complete Antique Guns The arrival of the MilitaryOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent barely used example of a late war produced Type II "Take down" version of the legendary Luftwaffe Fallschirmjger Messer, or German air force paratrooper knife (FJM or FKm), with a Solingen RB Nr on the blade. These knives utilize a four inch (100 mm) telescoping (OTF), gravity propelled locking blade. First produced in 1937, the FJM was issued to German flight crews and paratroops, primarily for