Bulgarian Paratroopers

[Gordon Craig]

Gentlemen,

A few pictures of Bulgarian and American paras jumping together in Operation Thracian-Spring in 2010. I received a Bulgarian para knife in the mail a few days ago and thought I would show it, and how it was worn, during a jump.
You will notice that it is still worn in the way these knives were worn in the Warsaw Pact days.

Regards,

Gordon

[Gordon Craig]

Photos of the knife and sheath.

[Gordon Craig]

#3,

[Gordon Craig]

A size comparison with the Polish para knife. The polish knife was also carried by the NVA paras in two different models. The one shown here and one made in the DDR.

[Gordon Craig]

More pics from Operation Thracian-Spring 2010.

[Gordon Craig]

#4,

[Reibert-Austria]

Nice knives, thx. for showing !

Another examples:
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...r+knife&page=3