Rare tactical knife of the P.A.I., II War

regulatory model supplied to the soldiers of our Colonial Police, with a single-edged blade and flat-faced tip, dorsal release button, blond horn cheeks; the brass shield recessed on the visible cheek appears to have been carefully abraded to remove the emblem of the Corps, in accordance with a few other known examples, which remained with the manufacturer as they were not delivered to the Administration due to the unfavorable course of war events and subsequently hesitated on the civil market without other modifications; the specimen is presented in a cardboard box accompanied by a label bearing the legend "P.A.I .... tactical knife for the troop"; the whole in excellent condition with a pleasant period patina