i have aquired a demag crank trench knife, in original but used condition , the story behind it , is it was taken off a German para in Crete , my friends father was in the British rearguard there ,is it probable that a German para in 41 would be carrying a ww1 trench knife?
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Hi !
German Soldier´s of WWII actually used private purchased fighting-knive´s of WWI.
That was not often seen, but it happened.
But:
The "crank-handle" was not very handy, I assume ...
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I think that a lot of fighting knives that were produced for WWI were carried into battle in WWII. Also many were produced during WWII. I think that many soldiers carried what ever was available to them.
Congratulations on your new find, I have been trying to obtain one for quite a while.
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heres a not very good pic , i m looking to sell this on e-stand , i m not an edged weapons or imperial collector, i ve no idea what its worth , theres a mint one on collectors source for $500 , thats the only valuation i ve been able to compare with ,so please guys this is your field whats a fair private selling price to put this up for--- obviously i ll have to get better pics, blade is all present and correctComment
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In that condition such knifes sells for around 200US -250 Us or what a collector are willing to pay in the marked
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