Original U.S. WWII Airborne Schrade Presto M2 No.3 Knife with Plastic Handle French Uniforms but had arrived too late

but had arrived too late to participate in the Battle of Antietam

After World War I started in July 1914

The M1904 haversack attached to the cartridge belt using two bent wire hooks

WICKHAM" with "PHILA" and a date across the tail of the lock plate

which features a carmine red (karminrot) civic police eagle superimposed over a black and white HJ Diamond

Original U.S. WWII Airborne Schrade Presto M2 No.3 Knife with Plastic Handle French Uniforms but had arrived too lateOriginal Item: Only One Available. These M2 Paratrooper pockets knives with the mid war issue imitation jigged bone handles (scales or grip) are relatively hard to find, as they were quickly replaced with the metal scaled version. This very nice example, offered in very good fully functional condition, is marked on the base of the blade ricasso as follows: GEO. SCHRADE BRIDGEPORT CONN. The other side is marked: PRESTO PAT. JAN. 30 40 MADE IN U. S. A.