scarce NVA Para´s "Fallmesser"

[Reibert]

Hi, mates !

Want to show you this, really scarce, Fallmesser, (Kappmesser), of the NVA of the former GDR, (also, issued in the GST) !
This knife is a copy of the Wehrmacht-Luftwaffe 1937 pattern Fallmesser.

IMO this knife is in an untouched condition !

Cheers,
R.

[Reibert]

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[Gunny Hartmann]

A nice knife my friend!...

[Reibert]

Yeah, had to pay some Euro´s, but, it´s worth it !

[harryamb2]

just a WA stamp who knows.

[Reibert]

just a WA stamp who knows.

pardon me ? ...

[Trelawney]

Nice knife. I really like that.

[bigmacglenn]

Wow, cool score...I didn't know they made/used the same type. How does it compare with a WWII-produced knife?
Congratulations, learned something new today!
cheers, Glenn

[Trelawney]

How do you find stuff like this? Where are good places to look?

[Reibert]

How do you find stuff like this? ...

By Chance !

As far as I know this Fallmesser / Kappmesser was in use in the NVA in 1964/1965, then, (for a short time), in 1973.

The knife is an, (almost), 1:1 copy of the Wehrmacht-Luftwaffe Kappmesser 1937 Pattern.

Cheers,
R.