Germany, Wehrmacht. A Fighting Knife, By Puma GTRexclude 3rd Parachute Battalion Cap Badge

3rd Parachute Battalion Cap Badge (in silvered bronze

with cracks and light chipping in the blackened paint

with a period original portepee looped through the upper two fixtures

the book includes a hand-written English-German dictionary (probably written while in a POW camp)

one end with an aluminum receiver clip stitched into place

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Fighting Knife, By Puma GTRexclude 3rd Parachute Battalion Cap Badge(Kampfmesser). A well preserved fighting knife, measuring 26. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features an 11 cm long magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. The blade is plain with the exception of the PUMA mark of Lauterjung & Sohn, Solingen. It sits securely within a hilt featuring an exposed tang and flattened crossguard, with the grip consisting of two pieces of dark brown wood secured together with three