Original German WWII Service Used Luftwaffe Take Down Fallschirmjäger Gravity Knife with Solingen RB Number Royal Air Force - Original German WWII wound

- Original German WWII wound badge

So using British equipment they played a significant role in the final Campaign that routed the German invasion

JBF Champlin who stated for a 1945 article that the knives could open boxes and drive nails

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Original German WWII Service Used Luftwaffe Take Down Fallschirmjäger Gravity Knife with Solingen RB Number Royal Air Force - Original German WWII woundOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice service 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