SMF Gravity Knife

[John Hodgin]

SMF Gravity Knife with an unusual lanyard.

[John Hodgin]

And a detail.

[SMP]

The Devil's in the detail !

Super piece of history, John. Those Kiwis were tough fighters .

[John Hodgin]

Thanks Steve! Knew you would recognize the combatants.

A quote from Karl Nuehoff, II Battalion, 3rd Fallschirmjäger Regiment, in D.M. Davin's book Crete:

"The moment we left the planes we were met with extremely heavy small arms fire. From my aircraft we suffered particularly heavy casualties and only three men reached the ground unhurt… . The survivors rallied to a position near the prison where we became organized, collected equipment, and formed up for an attack up the hill to the north towards Galatas."

[AndyC]

Very nice SMF gravity knife



Andy

[Wilhelm]

That is a beautiful example.
Wilhelm

[SMP]

Can anyone positively ID the lanyard ??

[mikesmythe]

A nice example. the lanyard looks to be one end of a period british or commonwealth officers pistol lanyard. i have a complete example that is the same as this.
Mike

[John Hodgin]

Originally Posted by mikesmythe

A nice example. the lanyard looks to be one end of a period british or commonwealth officers pistol lanyard. i have a complete example that is the same as this.
Mike

Right you are.

[skarts]

Beautiful