Original German WWII USGI Captured Early HJ Knife by Lauterjung & Sohn PUMA-Werk with USN MK1 Scabbard Japanese Ordnance It has a working combination

It has a working combination lock and we do know the combination

but have not been able to identify what this unit marking means

while other parts were dispensed with altogether in the interests of reducing production time

It has the Remington patent information on the receiver tang

500 men from the SS-Totenkopfverbände (Camp SS) were transferred into the Totenkopf Division

Original German WWII USGI Captured Early HJ Knife by Lauterjung & Sohn PUMA-Werk with USN MK1 Scabbard Japanese Ordnance It has a working combinationOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a nice "salty" service used early HJ Fahrtenmesser (trip knife), marked on the blade by blade by the desirable maker Lauterjung & Sohn PUMA Werk of Solingen. This early HJ Knife looks to have seen much use, and was captured during the war by a USGI, who placed it inside a WWII issue U. S. Navy Mk. 1 scabbard, which fits it quite well. We rarely see HJ knives with this much service use, and we hope it served