Early Combat/Fighting Knife w/Hanger/Belt Loop.No maker. A illustration of this pattern boot knife appears on the front cover, left of German Military Fighting Knives 1914-1945 by Gordon A. Hughes. Hilt fittings show light surface wear/age and consist of a steel tang extension with medium brown, fine-grained wooden grip plates held in position by two metal rivets and a recurved pattern crossguard. The obverse and reverse grip plates feature incised, slanted grooves with no chips or cracks. Polished steel 5 ¾" long, single-edged blade, with 3 7/8" long top false leading edge, grades EX/EX+ showing surface wear with uniform gray shadowing obverse/reverse flats of blade, but no nicks or sharpening to the cutting edge. Blade is complete with brown leather buffer pad. Dent-free steel scabbard retains approximately 15% of the original black enamel showing uniform wear to obverse and reverse. The original black leather hanger/belt loop shows wear/age with one missing attaching rivet. EX (26136) $185.