Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Gravity Knife By Paul Weyersberg Auction with slight elasticity

with slight elasticity

and a central light blue enameled medallion dated “1866”

rings on either side of its base for attachment to the grill of an automobile

with one hundred and sixteen pages glued into a tab binding in the book

the reverse inscribed “Königin” with some text scratched out

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Gravity Knife By Paul Weyersberg Auction with slight elasticity(Luftwaffe Fallschirmjger Messer). A Luftwaffe paratrooper knife using a sliding steel blade inside a metal grip fitted with walnut, the grain running through vertically, grip plates. The blade is a relatively blunt spear point with a flat ground profile, tapering to a utility edge, measuring 100 mm, marked with Reichsbetriebsnummer RB Nr. 0 0561 0020 indicating manufacture by the firm of Paul Weyersberg in Solingen. The throat has an arrow marking,