Original U.S. WWII Era Airborne Schrade Presto M2 No .3 Knife Category_MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly " around a King's Crown

" around a King's Crown and dated "1943"

Shell is marked W

but has a shallow removeable depression on the lower left side

and the left side of the barrel is marked 51 853

and unfortunately a lot of characters stymied translation applications

Original U.S. WWII Era Airborne Schrade Presto M2 No .3 Knife Category_MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly " around a King's CrownOriginal 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.