All About Pocket Knives

The local va officer has this in his office and wondered if I had any info for him. Took a couple of photos with my phone but dont have much info for you. It looks like a M3 trench knife blade but has a 3 rivet wooden handle which looks like oak. The only marking I can see is a "S" on the tang and it has a black metal sheath with no more markings. I know that's not much to go on but hope someone can give me an educatated guess on what it is? thanks, Terry

Looks like German issued fighting knife (not my area of expertise). Try asking here https://www.facebook.com/groups/1488680011383786/ or here https://www.greatwarforum.org/forum/151 ... r-weapons/

thanks, cottage hill bill, I checked with a military collector at a gun show this weekend and he said he thought it was a ww1 german boot knife, so I think your right on also. They also made the same blade for ww2 but he thought they had bakelite type handle instead of wood. I appreciate your response thanks, Terry