Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Gravity Knife By Paul Weyersberg Auction Archive After an intense thirty-minute gun

After an intense thirty-minute gun battle

double white canvas chin strap intact and sewn to the cap on either side

Grand Cross (two piece construction

each of the straps secured in place by a silvered aluminum button with a pebbled upper that is marked "EXTRA FEIN" (Extra Fine) on the reverse

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Gravity Knife By Paul Weyersberg Auction Archive After an intense thirty-minute gun(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 R B Nr. 0 0561 0020 for the company Paul Weyersberg in Solingen. The throat has the arrow marking, pointing downward to