Original German WWII Late War Luftwaffe Take Down Fallschirmjäger Gravity Knife with Solingen RB Number French Edged Weapons (battery box)

(battery box)

The term "rifle-musket" originally referred to muskets with the smooth-bored barrels replaced with rifled barrels

The rifle is fitted with a very nice original sling

most likely indicating the type of ammunition it was made for

Siege of Petersburg June 16

Original German WWII Late War Luftwaffe Take Down Fallschirmjäger Gravity Knife with Solingen RB Number French Edged Weapons (battery box)Original Item: Only One Available. This is a nice 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 for the