Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Gravity Knife By Paul Weyersberg GTRexclude reading “Propagandakompanie”

reading “Propagandakompanie”

The Reichswald

John Preston Terrell

1941-45 Gendarmerie Leader's Badge - In stamped bronze

68 mm (w) x 33

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Gravity Knife By Paul Weyersberg GTRexclude reading “Propagandakompanie”(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,