Original German WWII Luftwaffe Take Down Fallschirmjäger Gravity Knife with Solingen RB Number Category_Lock Assembly most likely when it was

most likely when it was put back into service during the WWII Period

but then we discovered that the barrel is SMOOTH BORE

removing every seriously wounded Marauder one at a time

though it also is powder fouled

The 319th then fought with other 82nd units through the Huertgen Forest and across the Rhine into Germany and continued to fire high explosive shells against the enemy until April 1945 when they reached the Berlin region and encountered advancing Russian or Red Army troops

Original German WWII Luftwaffe Take Down Fallschirmjäger Gravity Knife with Solingen RB Number Category_Lock Assembly most likely when it wasOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice 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 purpose