Original U.S. WWII Airborne Schrade Presto M2 No.2 Hook-Bill Paratrooper Knife with Painted Metal Handle & Post-War Lanyard Russian Ordnance The rifle is also marked

The rifle is also marked with 278 G on the bolt components and above the chamber on the receiver

October 1944

However in practice

and is wrapped with a nice black ITO fabric wrapping

This musket was certainly in service at that time

Original U.S. WWII Airborne Schrade Presto M2 No.2 Hook-Bill Paratrooper Knife with Painted Metal Handle & Post-War Lanyard Russian Ordnance The rifle is also markedOriginal Item. Only One Available. Worn in the breast pocket of the Paratrooper M2 Jump Jacket, these knives were intended for paratroopers to cut their parachute cords and anything else if they got entangled during a jump. All of the versions are quite rare and hard to find, partly because they continued to be used after the war, and simply wore out. This example has a patent date of January 30th, 1940, and has a post war added lanyard. The greatest