Original German WWII Wood Handle Nahkampfmesser Trench Fighting Knife with Steel Boot Scabbard German Militaria The springs

The springs

There are also some scrapes into the underside of the visor

and CB patchmarked Edaward Rudy”

referring to the reduced weight

This is a really attractive example of a Weimar Republic Period Pre-WWII German State Railroad Company (Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft) visor cap

Original German WWII Wood Handle Nahkampfmesser Trench Fighting Knife with Steel Boot Scabbard German Militaria The springsOriginal Item: Only One Available. Fitted with a single edged spear point blade, this is an original German WWII Nahkampfmesser close fighting knife, with steel scabbard. This basic design was used by Imperial German in WWI, and was popular during WWII as well. Many WWI knives were even reissued for WWII, however this definitely is a WWII production example, indicated by the shape and style of the grips. In very good good service used condition, this