The small knife that we have come to know as the DJ/BDM knife, I believe is the same type of knife that was used as a commemorative for the Nurnburg and Olympic events with the addition of the appropriate etchings. Most of the information I have read about the DJ/BDM knife struggles to find a real purpose for their existence.

Could it be that these knives were made specifically for use at the commemorative events suggested above, and that all the 'plain' knives we see today, that were found in crates towards the end, or, at the end of the war, are the leftovers that became redundant and no longer required, because the war had started?

Regards

Russell