I've noticed these knives with a number stamped into the wooden grip rather than an engraving, maybe a quartermasters ID number?....
Gunny,
the reserve, (emergency), chute had an internal number.
The cord cutter knife was assigned the chute, (corresponding number), not to the Para !
Sometimes the number of the reserve chute was painted upon the hilt of the cord cutter knife, sometimes burnt in.
Most of such knives aren´t showin´ any numbers ...
I´m not sure that the engraved number on my cord cutter knife is such a number ? ...
Hi, I bought another Kappmesser / cord-cutter knife made in Poland for the NVA / Nationale Volksarmee.
The "last model" of the cord cutter knife, produced in the GDR / Deutsche Demokratische Republik for the NVA, is still relatively common.
However, the model made in Poland for the NVA is relatively rare...
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Here is another cord cutter knife from the NVA which has a number on the blade.
Such specimens are relatively rare to find !
This knife shows the number F/394
A similar cord cutter knife with the number A192 on the blade was recently auctioned off at a German online auction house for EUR 221 (USD 238 / GBP 189), plus shipping!
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For comparison:
Poland Para´s cord-cutter-knife WPD
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