Original U.S. WWII Era Airborne Schrade Presto M2 No .3 Knife 20th Century blue-gray or dark blue-gray

blue-gray or dark blue-gray

This was intended to hold the whale bone blade

high-explosive fragmentation (S-5M/MO)

when the army was looking for a vehicle to replace the motorcycle as a mechanized form of transportation

with tearing and degradation around the rim

Original U.S. WWII Era Airborne Schrade Presto M2 No .3 Knife 20th Century blue-gray or dark blue-grayOriginal Item: Only One Available. These M2 Paratrooper pockets knives with the mid war issue imitation jigged bone handles (scales or grip) are relatively hard to find, as they were quickly replaced with the metal scaled version. This very nice example, offered in good fully functional condition, is marked on the base of the blade ricasso as follows: GEO. SCHRADE KNIFE CO. INC B'PORT, CT. The other side is marked: PRESTO PAT. JAN. 30 40 MADE IN U. S.