Original U.S. WWII Airborne Schrade Presto M2 No.3 Paratrooper Knife with Painted Metal Handle U.S. Navy still has the original leather

still has the original leather lining with maker name in gold print that reads (note some of the print has been obscured)

To the Right Chest is a Very Unique Custom Squadron Patch that Depicts an Aerial Gunner Looking Through the Window of an Emerson Nose Turret and Giving the sign of Thumbs Up

27 pounds for High Capacity (HC) rounds

offered separately

next to an 852 date and W / A D

Original U.S. WWII Airborne Schrade Presto M2 No.3 Paratrooper Knife with Painted Metal Handle U.S. Navy still has the original leatherOriginal Item: Only One Available. Worn in the breast pocket of the Paratrooper M 1942 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