Original German WWII Late War Luftwaffe Take Down Fallschirmjäger Gravity Knife - Service Worn French Holsters There are 2 gilt copper

There are 2 gilt copper SEPPA (spacers) around the tsuba to keep the fight tight

with the factory final polish cross grain still visible throughout the blade

an integrated hinge

the leMW was a rifled muzzle-loader that had hydraulic cylinders on each side of the tube to absorb the recoil forces and spring recuperators to return the tube to the firing position

broken off at one side

Original German WWII Late War Luftwaffe Take Down Fallschirmjäger Gravity Knife - Service Worn French Holsters There are 2 gilt copperOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a nice "salty" 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