Original German WWII Luftwaffe Gravity Knife by SMF with Missing Blade Latch - Waffen Proofed Untouched Antique Guns this was a common practice

this was a common practice for wartime owners to identify their gear

Third Division

There is only the tiniest of dents right on the very tip

We were there almost 8 months

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Original German WWII Luftwaffe Gravity Knife by SMF with Missing Blade Latch - Waffen Proofed Untouched Antique Guns this was a common practiceOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good condition example of an early war produced Type I version of the legendary Luftwaffe Fallschirmjger Messer, or German air force paratrooper knife (FJM or FKm). It does however have a significant fault, in that the blade latch is missing, due to the somewhat delicate leaf spring it is attached to having broken off by the rivet. This is a very common thing to happen to these knives, as they were