Original U.S. WWII Airborne Schrade Large M2 No.1 Knife with Plastic "Jigged Bone" Handle MG 08-15 Maxim This example is marked on

This example is marked on the back with 50 / R

and is 60% intact

It moved to the Ryuku Islands shortly before the end of the war

Comes complete with original 3rd model cloth liner ink stamped 58 and is complete with chin strap

it was intended to double as a fighting knife and is fitted with a most comfortable red fiber grip and finger grooves

Original U.S. WWII Airborne Schrade Large M2 No.1 Knife with Plastic "Jigged Bone" Handle MG 08-15 Maxim This example is marked onOriginal Item: Only One Available. These M2 Paratrooper pockets knives with the early war issue "jigged bone" handles (scales or grip) are among the hardest to find on the market today. This wonderful example offered in very good functional condition is marked on the base of the blade ricasso as follows: SCHRADE CUT. CO. WALDEN N. Y. and: U. S. PATS. DEC. 21, 09. SEPT. 13, 10. JUNE 6, 16. These blade markings definitely identify it as the early No. 1