Original U.S. WWII Airborne Schrade Presto M2 No.3 Paratrooper Knife with Painted Metal Handle & End Loop French Uniforms the M-56 was similar enough

the M-56 was similar enough in appearance to the SSh-40 that some Westerners failed to realize its German origins altogether and assumed the East Germans had adopted a Soviet design

The anodization on the scabbard body is still relatively well retained

000 awards of the Hanseatic Cross of Hamburg

twenty years after the patent had expired

when the name was changed to the archaic "Welch"

Original U.S. WWII Airborne Schrade Presto M2 No.3 Paratrooper Knife with Painted Metal Handle & End Loop French Uniforms the M-56 was similar enoughOriginal Item: Only One Available. Worn in the breast pocket of the Paratrooper M2 Jump Jacket, these knives were intended for paratroopers to cut their parachute cords and anything else if they got entangled during a jump. All of the versions are quite rare and hard to find, partly because they continued to be used after the war, and simply wore out. This heavily service worn example is offered in good functional condition, and also has the end loop