Struggling to identify this (German?) knife
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2024 12:35 am
Hello all,
New member here, and made a quick post about this knife in the wrong thread, so hopefully I got it right the second time... I took a few more photos this time around as well.
Anyhow, purchased this intriguing little knife from an older fellow who had had it for at least 30 years before I got it. According to him, he got it from a Frank who served in Germany during WWII and took it from a deceased enemy soldier... and here it is now, in my possession. Even if the story is partially or completely fabricated, for 17 bucks I wasn't gonna pass up this curiosity
That's the thing though, I have had absolutely no luck identifying this knife, or even finding a picture of the same one. There are no markings anywhere on it that I can find, which leads me to believe it could be a wartime production item, although there was no standard issue pocket knife for the Wehrmacht as far as I know. It is nearly identical in dimension to a Swiss Army knife, but is thinner at 0.7 inches thick. The handle is probably made of aluminum, and it's a surprisingly lightweight tool coming in at 2.2 grams.
Does anyone have any idea what this is, or at least approximately when it was made?
Thanks!
Trevor
New member here, and made a quick post about this knife in the wrong thread, so hopefully I got it right the second time... I took a few more photos this time around as well.
Anyhow, purchased this intriguing little knife from an older fellow who had had it for at least 30 years before I got it. According to him, he got it from a Frank who served in Germany during WWII and took it from a deceased enemy soldier... and here it is now, in my possession. Even if the story is partially or completely fabricated, for 17 bucks I wasn't gonna pass up this curiosity
That's the thing though, I have had absolutely no luck identifying this knife, or even finding a picture of the same one. There are no markings anywhere on it that I can find, which leads me to believe it could be a wartime production item, although there was no standard issue pocket knife for the Wehrmacht as far as I know. It is nearly identical in dimension to a Swiss Army knife, but is thinner at 0.7 inches thick. The handle is probably made of aluminum, and it's a surprisingly lightweight tool coming in at 2.2 grams.
Does anyone have any idea what this is, or at least approximately when it was made?
Thanks!
Trevor