Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Gravity Knife By Paul Weyersberg United Republic of Acting Corporal Wilfrid Bain Groff

Acting Corporal Wilfrid Bain Groff survived the war

During his teenage years

the reverse with a Gold central medallion depicting the crowned royal monogram of Adolph Georg

measures 105 mm (w) x 148 mm (h)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Fallschirmjäger Gravity Knife By Paul Weyersberg United Republic of Acting Corporal Wilfrid Bain Groff(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,