Vintage French Airborne Foreign Legion 1er Republic dagger

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kwackster
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Vintage French Airborne Foreign Legion 1er Republic dagger

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Vintage French dagger from the Airborne Foreign Legion 1er Republic France Algeria Indochina (1948-1961)
Background on this regiment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Fo...chute_Regiment

This example that recently came out of the woodwork is marked on the ricasso: "Rodrigues 1880 Amsterdam".
In pre-internet days this was a well-known hardware store in the Netherlands, and with an owner who was a knife afi with a fondness for quality.
Sadly he and his wife died in 1977 in the Tenerife aircrash, while going on the first holiday of their life.
They had no successors.

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Specs:

Overall length: 11.6 inch (29,5 cm)
Blade length: ~7 inch (18,0 cm)
Max blade thickness (ricasso): 4,7 mm
Steel: drop-forged stainless steel
Guard: stainless steel
Handle materials: Fiber and brass
Weight: 241 grams (handle heavy)
Sheath: leather with 4 metal studs
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