Original U.S. WWII Airborne Schrade Presto M2 No.3 Paratrooper Knife with Painted Metal Handle Category_Receiver Merwin was certainly a shrewd

Merwin was certainly a shrewd businessman and a visionary when it came to new and innovative firearms designs

The early pattern breech block without lock is marked BSA Co

similar original cardboard box of Gun Patches and small tube of something or other related

and F1 grenades

several were forced to hide among the hedgerows and ditches to avoid capture

Original U.S. WWII Airborne Schrade Presto M2 No.3 Paratrooper Knife with Painted Metal Handle Category_Receiver Merwin was certainly a shrewdOriginal 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 wonderful example offered in very good functional condition is marked on the base of the blade