2nd model Luftwaffe Paratrooper/Air Crew Knife
Price: $1195
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Description: (Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger/Flieger-Messer) A 2nd model Luftwaffe paratrooper knife using a sliding steel blade inside a metal grip fitted with two fixed walnut grip plates. Function is as a gravity knife. 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 blade retains its factory shape with only slight sharpening; this sharpening has scratched the blade which remains bright and factory polished. The throat has the arrow marking, pointing downward to the takedown button, under the throat fitting is an arrow pointing upward and the #“776,” and the same number stamped on the bottom plate of the throat. A magnetic steel bail extends from the grip for cording.. The knife is equipped with a folding marlinspike marked the Luftwaffe waffenamt code “Luft 5,” The knife shows only moderate surface wear, remains tight, serviceable and in overall fine condition.
