ATD 42 Para fighting knife

Very scarce fighting knife paratrooper ATD42. Complete and very nice used condition, scarce pattern.

All in all a good honest example of this attractive and scarce fighting knife as carried by the paratroops of the 44th (Indian) Airborne Division.

This specific knife is maker marked on the ricasso  ‘ATD.’ and 42 which stands for Army Traders-Dhuran and the date 1942. This is identified by Ron Flook in his excellent book British And Commonwealth Military Knives.  If you do not have a copy of Ron’s book I strongly recommend you seek out a copy. On this topic I cannot think of a more thorough or well-researched written publication. I cannot recommend too highly.