Germany, Wehrmacht. A Fighting Knife, By Puma GTRexclude with cracks and light chipping

with cracks and light chipping in the blackened paint

hallmarked and marked "STERLING" on the inside

Period Black and white

3rd Parachute Battalion Cap Badge (in silvered bronze

the book includes a hand-written English-German dictionary (probably written while in a POW camp)

Germany, Wehrmacht. A Fighting Knife, By Puma GTRexclude with cracks and light chipping(Kampfmesser). A well preserved fighting knife, measuring 26. 5 cm in total length when inserted into the scabbard. It features an 11 cm long magnetic steel blade with a sharpened tip and lower edge. The blade is plain with the exception of the PUMA mark of Lauterjung & Sohn, Solingen. It sits securely within a hilt featuring an exposed tang and flattened crossguard, with the grip consisting of two pieces of dark brown wood secured together with three